Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in

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– 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian

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director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''

The Sabata Trilogy ''The Sabata Trilogy'' is a series of Spaghetti Western films released between 1969 and 1971, directed by Gianfranco Parolini, and starring Lee Van Cleef in the first, '' Sabata'', Yul Brynner in the second, ''Adiós, Sabata'', and Van Cleef retu ...

'', several sword and sandal films, most of the

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films and a number of

Spaghetti Western The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

s. He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to

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Filmography

Director

* ''

Francis the Smuggler ''Francis the Smuggler'' ( it, François il contrabbandiere) is a 1953 Italian drama film directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Roberto Mauri, Doris Duranti and Vira Silenti.Bragaglia p.166 Synopsis With the police on his trail, a smuggler ...

'' (1953) * '' Samson'' (1961) * '' The Fury of Hercules'' (1962) * ''

79 A.D. ''79 A.D.'' ( it, Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano, french: Les derniers jours d'Herculanum, also known as ''The Destruction of Herculaneum'') is a 1962 Italian-French epic drama film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring ...

'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1962) * ''

The Ten Gladiators ''The Ten Gladiators'' ( it, I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Plot summary Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henc ...

'' (''I dieci gladiatori'') (1963) * ''

Mission to Hell ''Mission to Hell'' (german: Die Diamantenholle am Mekong, french: Les diamants du Mekong, it, La sfida viene da Bangkok) is a 1964 German-French-Italian spy film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Paul Hubschmid. One of t ...

'' (1964) * ''

3 Avengers ''3 Avengers'' ( it, Gli invincibili tre, also spelled as ''The 3 Avengers'' and ''The Three Avengers'') is a 1964 Italian peplum film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Alan Steel.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Grem ...

'' (1964) * ''

Left Handed Johnny West ''Left Handed Johnny West'' ( it, Johnny West il mancino, also known just as ''Johnny West'') is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Plot Johnny West is a half-breed and a dreaded shooter. In the village w ...

'' (1965) * ''

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill ''Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill'' (german: Kommissar X – Jagd auf Unbekannt, it, 12 donne d'oro, also known as ''Hunting The Unknown'' and ''Kiss Kiss... Kill Kill'') is a Eurospy film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini who also wrote lyrics ...

'' (1966) * ''

Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen ''Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen'' (In the Claws of the Golden Dragon) (English title:''So Darling So Deadly'') is a 1966 Eurospy film co-written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Tony Kendall and Brad Harris. I ...

'' (1966) * ''

The Three Fantastic Supermen ''The Three Fantastic Supermen'' ( it, I fantastici tre supermen) is a 1967 superhero film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The film was the first in a series of Three Supermen films. Cast * Luciano Stella as Tony * Brad Harris as Brad McCallum * ...

'' (1967) * '' If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (''Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte'') (1968) * ''

Five for Hell ''Five for Hell'' ( it, Cinque per l'inferno, also known as ''Five Into Hell'') is a 1969 Italian " macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivat ...

'' (''Cinque per l'inferno''), aka ''Five Into Hell'' (1969) * '' Sabata'' (''Ehi amico ... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso!'') (1969) * ''

Adiós, Sabata ''Adiós, Sabata'' ( it, Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is ...

'' (''Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...'') (1970) * ''

Return of Sabata ''Return of Sabata'' ( it, È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, lit=Sabata is back ... you're finished again) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in ''The Sabata Trilogy'', it features the ...

'' (''È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta'') (1971) * ''

God's Gun ''God's Gun'' (also known as ''Diamante Lobo'') is a 1976 Italian-Israeli Spaghetti Western directed by Gianfranco Parolini (credited as Frank Kramer) and starring Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Leif Garrett and Sybil Danning. Palance plays the hea ...

'' (''Diamante Lobo'') (1975) * '' We Are No Angels'' (''Noi non siamo angeli'') (1975) * '' Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century'' (1977)

Writer

* ''

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'' (1960, directed by

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)

Actor

* ''

Little Red Monkey ''Little Red Monkey'', released in the United States as ''Case of the Red Monkey'', is a 1955 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. Detectives from Scotland Yard investigate a seri ...

'' (1955) - Police Inspector May - sanitorium * ''

'' (1963) - Livius Verus * ''

'' (1964) - Thug at Information Booth (uncredited) * ''

'' (1966) - Rex * ''Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther'' (1968) - Smoky * '' If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death'' (1968) - Gambler * ''Roma. L'antica chiave dei sensi'' (1984) - Senator Lucius * ''Alla ricerca dell'impero sepolto'' (1987) - Prof. Alexis Xristopoulos (final film role)

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