Sergio Garrone (born 15 April 1925) is an Italian director, screenwriter and film producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, the brother of the actor Riccardo, Garrone began his career in 1948 working as assistant director, documentary filmmaker, and production assistant. In 1953, he abandoned the cinema industry, but in 1965 he resurfaced as a producer of low-budget genre films. Starting from 1968, Garrone was also active as a director and a screenwriter, specializing in the Spaghetti Western genre. He was usually credited as Willy S. Regan.

Selected filmography

;Director and screenwriter * '' A Noose for Django'' (1969) * ''

Django the Bastard ''Django the Bastard'' ( it, Django il bastardo) is a 1969 Italian Gothic fiction, gothic Horror Western, horror Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone who co-wrote the film with the star Anthony Steffen. In 1974 Herman Cohen released a ...

'' (1969) *'' La colomba non deve volare'' (1970) * '' Kill Django... Kill First'' (1971) * '' Terrible Day of the Big Gundown'' (1971) * '' Lover of the Monster'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1974) * '' SS Experiment Camp'' (1976) ;Screenwriter * ''

Death Knocks Twice ''Death Knocks Twice'' ( it, La morte bussa due volte), german: Blonde Köder für den Mörder), is a 1969 Italian-German detective film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Dean Reed, Fabio Testi and Adolfo Celi. It also starred Anita Ekberg ...

'' (1969) * ''

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 deriv ...

'' (1969) * ''

The Big Bust Out ''The Big Bust Out'' is the US title of an Italian women in prison film, ''The Crucified Girls of San Ramon'' ''(Io Monaca... per tre Carogne e Sette Peccatrici)''. The US rights were bought by Roger Corman for New World Pictures, who cut out 20 ...

'' (1972) * '' La pagella'' (1980)

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