Maurizio Pradeaux

	Maurizio Pradeaux Maurizio Pradeaux (16 April 1931 – 1 July 2022) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a production assistant, working with . '' Ramon the Mexican'', a western, which was released in 1967, was his debut as a film director. He wrote the screenplays for all the films he directed. Many fell into the category known in Italian as ''giallo'' ('yellow'), which defines a style of mystery and detective fiction and films. Filmography * ''Death Carries a Cane'' * ''Death Steps in the Dark ''Death Steps in the Dark'' ( it, Passi di morte perduti nel buio, which translates as ''Death Steps Lost in the Dark'') is a 1977 Italian-Greek giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. Pradeaux directed only one other giallo, the 1973 ''Death ...'' * '' Churchill's Leopards'' References 1931 births 2022 deaths Italian film directors Italian screenwriters People from Rome {{Screenwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giallo In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements. This particular style of Italian-produced murder mystery horror-thriller film usually blends the atmosphere and suspense of thriller fiction with elements of horror fiction (such as slasher violence) and eroticism (similar to the French '' fantastique'' genre), and often involves a mysterious killer whose identity is not revealed until the final act of the film. The genre developed in the mid-to-late 1960s, peaked in popularity during the 1970s, and subsequently declined in commercial mainstream filmmaking over the next few decades, though examples continue to be produced. It was a predecessor to, and had significant influence on, the later American slasher film genre. Literature In the Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Death Carries A Cane ''Death Carries a Cane'' (Italian title: ''Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio''/ ''Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor''), is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. It starred Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and Luciano Rossi. The film was later released on video as ''The Tormentor'', ''Maniac at Large'', ''The Night of the Rolling Heads'' and ''Devil Blade''. (Pradeaux went on to direct another giallo, the 1977 ''Death Steps in the Dark''.) Plot Kitty (Susan Scott) is vactioning in Italy with her parents to again meet with her boyfriend Alberto (Robert Hoffmann). She tries the coin-operated binoculars and scans the city's buildings, when she sees an attack through a window. A woman is killed in her apartment by being stabbed to death by a killer in a black hat, glasses, and overcoat. She unfortunately runs out of time for the scope, so she tries again with anothet coin. She can only catch the house number, a peanut vendor, and a cleaning woman on the street wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Death Steps In The Dark ''Death Steps in the Dark'' ( it, Passi di morte perduti nel buio, which translates as ''Death Steps Lost in the Dark'') is a 1977 Italian-Greek giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. Pradeaux directed only one other giallo, the 1973 ''Death Carries a Cane''. Plot Italian reporter Luciano Morelli (Leonard Mann) is taking an express train to Greece from Istanbul with his girlfriend, Swedish up and coming model Ingrid Stelmossen. Several other passengers are in their car, including a Lebanese man, a Greek socialite woman, a Turkish priest, and a nervous young French woman. One passenger goes to the lavatory to clip some wires for the lighting in their car, leaving their black gloves behind. As the train goes into a darkened tunnel, a scream is heard, and once light comes through again, the young nervous woman is seen murdered. Luciano's letter opener is lodged in her heart. Despite the inspector questioning all the passengers in the car, Luciano is treated as the prime suspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Churchill's Leopards ''Churchill's Leopards'' ( it, I leopardi di Churchill, es, Los Leopardos de Churchill) is a 1970 Italian-Spanish "macaroni combat" war film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski. Plot A British commando team heads into occupied France to blow up a German held dam in preparation for D-Day, while a British officer infiltrates the German garrison, posing as his recently dead German twin brother, in order to provide help from the inside. The German commander is, however, becoming very suspicious. Main cast * Richard Harrison as Lt. Richard Benson / Lt. Hans Müller * Pilar Velázquez as Elise * Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Major Powell * Frank Braña as François Leduc * Helga Liné as Marlene Schulman * Antonio Casas as "La Tulipe" * Klaus Kinski as Hauptsturmführer Holtz * Herb Andress See also * Euro War Euro War, also known as Macaroni Combat, Macaroni War, Spaghetti Combat, or Spaghetti War, is a broad subgenre of war film that em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1931 Births Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2022 Deaths The following notable deaths occurred in 2022. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. December 25 * Chalapathi Rao, 78, Indian actor and producer, heart attack. (death announced on this date) 24 Vittorio Adorni, 85, Italian road racing cyclist. Cotton Davidson, 91, American football player ( Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders). (death announced on this date) Franco Frattini, 65, Italian politician and magistrate, twice minister of foreign affairs, twice of public administration, European commissioner for justice (2004–2008), cancer. Madosini, 78, South African musician. Barry Round, 72, Australian footballer (Sydney, Footscray, Williamstown), organ failure. Royal Applause, 29, British Thoroughbred racehorse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Italian Screenwriters Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom Italian language, a Romance language * Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy Italian culture, cultural features of Italy Italian cuisine, traditional foods Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]