Ernesto Gastaldi

Ernesto Gastaldi (born 10 September 1934) is an Italian screenwriter.

Born in Graglia, province of Biella, Italy, he has written under the pseudonyms Julian Berry, Julyan Perry and Ernst Gasthaus.

He has collaborated with Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Riccardo Freda, Tonino Valerii, Sergio Martino and Sergio Leone; as such he can be regarded as a chief architect of the giallo and Spaghetti Western film.

The 1973 Italian western comedy film My Name Is Nobody (also known as Mio nome è Nessuno and Lonesome Gun), is based on his story and his script.

Selected filmography

As writer

• L' Amante del vampiro/ The Vampire's Lover (1960) aka The Vampire and the Ballerina (US, 1962)
• Anonima cocottes (1960) aka Little Girls and High Finance (US, 1960)
• I Pirati della costa/ Pirates of the Coast (1960) aka Pirates of the Barbary Coast (US, 1960)
• Ultimatum alla vita (1961)
• Rocco e le sorelle/ Rocco and the Sister (1961) aka Guns of the Black Witch (US, 1961); Terror of the Seas (France, 1961)
• Le Prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo/ Prisoner of Devil's Island (1961) aka L'Île aux filles perdues/ Island of Lost Women (France, 1961); Women of Devil's Island (US, 1961)
• I mongoli / The Mongols (1961)
• Lycanthropus (1961) aka Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (US, 1963); aka The Ghoul in School; aka I Married a Werewolf; aka Monster Among the Girls
• Il Giustiziere dei mari/ Avenger of the Seas (1961) aka Avenger of the Seven Seas (US,1961); Le Boucanier des îles (France, 1961)
• Che femmina... e che dollari! (1961) aka Parlez-moi d'amour (France, 1961)
• Le Avventure di Mary Read / The Adventure of Mary Read (1961) aka Hell Below Deck (UK, 1961); Mary la rousse femme pirate (France, 1961); Queen of the Seas (US, 1963)
• Akiko (1961)
• Pesci d'oro e vulve d'argento (1962)
• L' Orribile segreto del dottor Hichcock/ The Horrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock (1962) aka The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (US, 1964); aka Raptus; aka The Secret of Dr. Hichcock; aka The Terror of Dr. Hichcock (UK, 1962)
• Nerone '71 (1962)
• Marte, dio della guerra/ Mars, God of War (1962) aka Venus against the Son of Hercules (US, 1962)
• I Lancieri neri/ The Black Lancers (1962) aka Charge of the Black Lancers (US, 1962)
• Duello nella sila (1962) aka Duel of Fire (US TV title, 1962)
• La Frusta e il corpo/ The Whip and the Body (1963) (as Julian Berry); aka Night Is the Phantom; aka What!; aka Le Corps et le fouet (France, 1966)
• Ursus nella terra di fuoco/ Ursus in the Land of Fire (1963) aka Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire (1963)
• La Pupa/ The Doll (1963) aka Every Night of the Week (UK, 1963)
• Perseo l'invincibile/ Perseus the Invicible (1963) aka Medusa vs. the Son of Hercules (US, 1963); Medusa Against the Son of Hercules (US: TV title, 1963); aka Perseus Against the Monsters (UK, 1963); El Valle de los hombres de piedra/ Valley of the Stone Men (Spain, 1965)
• La Cripta e l'incubo/ The Crypt and the Nightmare (1963) (also story) (as Julian Berry); aka Terror in the Crypt (US, 1963); La Maldición de los Karnstein/ Curse of the Karnsteins (1963); Carmilla (1963); Crypt of Horror (UK, 1963); The Vampire's Crypt (1963)
• Divorzio alla siciliana/ Divorce Sicilian Style (1963)
• Scandali nudi/ Naked Scandal (1964)
• Il Mostro dell'opera/ The Monster of the Opera (1964) aka The Vampire of the Opera (US, 1964)
• I lunghi capelli della morte (1964) (story) (as Julian Berry) The Long Hair of Death (US, 1964)
• Golia e il cavaliere mascherato/ Goliath and the Masked Rider (1964) aka Hercules and the Masked Rider (US, 1964)
• Golia alla conquista di Bagdad (1964) aka Goliath at the Conquest of Damascus (US, 1964)
• I Giganti di Roma (1964) Les Géants de Rome (France, 1964); Giants of Rome (US, 1964)
• Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west (1964) aka L' Attaque de Fort Adams (1964); Buffalo Bill (US, 1964); Buffalo Bill, le héros du Far West (France, 1964); Das war Buffalo Bill (West Germany, 1965)
• Le spie uccidono a Beirut (1965) (as Julian Berry) 077: Challenge to Killers (US, 1966); Les Espions meurent à Beyrouth (1965); Killers Are Challenged (US: reissue title, 1965) ; Secret Agent Fireball (US, 1966); The Spy Killers (UK, 1965)
• La vendetta di Spartacus (1965); aka The Revenge of Spartacus (1965)
• La Decima vittima (1965) aka La Dixième victime (France, 1967); The Tenth Victim (UK, 1965)
• Sette contro tutti/ Seven Against All (1965) (story) aka Seven Rebel Gladiators (US, 1965)
• Libido (1965)
• F... come frocioo (1966) (story)
• Duello nel mondo (1966) aka Duel dans le monde (France: poster title, 1966); Ring round the World (US: US version 1966)
• Operación Goldman (1966) aka Lightning Bolt (US: video title, 1967); Operazione Goldman (Italy, 1966)
• Mille dollari sul nero (1966) aka Blood at Sundown (US, 1966); One Thousand Dollars On the Black (US, 1966); Sartana (West Germany, 1966)
• La Lama nel corpo (1966) (as Julian Berry) aka The Knife in the Body (1966); The Murder Clinic (US, 1967); The Murder Society (1966); Les Nuits de l'épouvante (France, 1966); Revenge of the Living Dead (1966)
• Giorno caldo al Paradiso Show (1966)
• Furia a Marrakech (1966)
• Delitto quasi perfetto (1966) aka The Almost Perfect Crime (1966); Imperfect Murder (UK, 1966)
• Cifrato speciale (1966) (also story) akaCifrado especial (Spain, 1966); Message chiffré (France, 1966); Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966)
• Le carnaval des barbouzes (1966) aka Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt (Austria, 1966); Killer's Carnival (US, 1966); Spie contro il mondo (Italy, 1966); Where Are You Taking That Woman? (1966)
• Arizona Colt (1966) aka The Man from Nowhere (US,1966); Il Pistolero di Arizona (Italy, 1966)
• A 077, sfida ai killers/ 077 Challenges the Killers (1966) (also story) (as Julian Berry) aka A 077 défie les tueurs (France, 1966); Bob Fleming... Mission Casablanca (1966)
• Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967); aka Qui êtes-vous inspecteur Chandler? (France, 1967); Your Turn to Die (International: English title, 1967)
• Per 100,000 dollari ti succhio il cazzo (1967) For One Hundred Thousand Dollars for a Murder (1967); One Hundred Thousand Dollars Per Killing (1967); Vengeance Is Mine (1967)
• I Giorni dell'ora (1967) aka Blood and Grit (UK: video title, 1967); Day of Anger (US, 1967); Days of Wrath (1967); Gunlaw (UK: video title, 1980); Der Tod ritt dienstags (West Germany, 1967)
• Flashman (1967) Flashman contre les hommes invisibles/ Flashman vs the Invisible Man (France, 1967)
• 10.000 dollari per un bocchino (1967) (also story) 10,000 Dollars Blood Money (1967); Guns of Violence (US, 1967); Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (US, 1967)
• Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
• Cin... cin... cinzano (1968) aka Pour une poignée de diamants (France, 1968)
• La Battaglia di El Alamein (1968) aka La Bataille de El Alamein (France, 1968); The Battle of El Alamein (US, 1968); Desert Tanks (1968)
• Il Dolce corpo di Deborah (1969) aka The Sweet Body of Deborah (US, 1969)
• La Battaglia del deserto (1969) Desert Battle (1969); Inferno nel deserto (Italy, 1969); Sept hommes pour Tobrouk (France, 1969)
• I Vigliacchi non pagano (1969) aka Cowards Don't Pay (US, 1969); Taste of Vengeance (US, 1969); El Vengador del Sur (Spain, 1969)
• Uno di più all'inferno (1969) (also story) ak One More to Hell (US, 1969); To Hell and Back (US, 1969)
• Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino (1969) aka Angel of Death: Sartana (Australia: video box title, 1969); I Am Sartana Your Angel of Death (Australia: video title, 1969); I'll Dig Your Grave! (1969); Sartana the Gravedigger (US, 1969)
• Così dolce... così troia (1969) aka Si douces, si perverses (France, 1969); So Sweet... So Perverse (US, 1969)
• La Banda de los tres crisantemos (1969) (additional dialogue) aka Tre per uccidere (Italy, 1970)
• Il Prezzo del potere / The Price of Power (1970) aka La Muerte de un presidente (Spain, 1970); Texas (UK, 1970)
• Le foto proibite di una signora per bene (1970) (also story) aka Días de angustia (Spain, 1971); aka Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (US/ UK, 1970)
• Lo Strano vizio della Signora Wardh / The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh(1970) aka Blade of the Ripper (US, 1970); The Next Victim! (1970); Next! (1970); La Perversa señora Ward (Spain, 1970)
• Una Nuvola di polvere... un grido di morte... arriva Sartana (1970) aka Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (US, 1970); Gunman in Town (US, 1970); Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (US, 1970); Llega Sartana (Spain, 1971)
• Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti (1970) aka Arizona (US, 1970); Arizona Colt Returns (US, 1970); Arizona Lets Fly and Kill Everybody (US, 1970); Arizona vuelve (Spain, 1971); If You Gotta Shoot Someone... Bang! Bang! (US, 1970)
• La Coda dello scopone/ Tail of the Scorpion (1971) aka Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971); La Cola del escorpión (Spain, 1972); Scorpion's Tail (1971)
• L'Uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971) aka Human Cobras (US: dubbed version, 1971); Cobras humanas (Spain, 1974); The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra (US: literal English title, 1971); Target: Murder (1971)
• Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (1971) aka Why Are Those Strange Drops of Blood on the Body of Jennifer? (US: video catalogue title, 1971); aka The Case of the Bloody Iris (US, 1971); aka Erotic Blue (1971)
• La Morte cammina con i tacchi alti (1971) (also story) aka Death Walks on High Heels (International: English title, 1971)
• La Lunga spiaggia fredda (1971) aka The Lonely Beach (video title, 1971)
• Si può fare... amigo (1972) (story) aka Amigo!... Mon colt a deux mots à te dire (France, 1972); The Big and the Bad (1972); Bulldozer Is Back Amigo (1972); Can Be Done, Amigo (1972); En el Oeste se puede hacer... amigo (Spain, 1973); It Can Be Done Amigo (1972); Saddle Tramps (Canada: English title, 1972)
• Il grande duello(1972) aka The Big Showdown (1972); Drei Vaterunser für vier Halunken (West Germany, 1972); Le Grand Duel (France, 1972); Hell's Fighters (UK, 1972); Storm Rider (US: video title, 1972)
• All the Colors of the Dark (1972) aka Tutti i colori del buio (Italy, 1972); Day of the Maniac (1972); Demons of the Dead (1972); They're Coming to Get You! (1972)
• Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) aka Excite Me (1972); Eye of the Black Cat (1972); Gently Before She Dies (1972); Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
• Una ragione per vivere e una per chiavare (1972) aka Massacre at Fort Holman (1972); Una razón para vivir y una para morir (Spain, 1972); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (US, 1974); La horde des salopards (France, 1972)
• La morte accarezza a mezzanotte (1972) aka Death Caresses at Midnight (1972); Death Walks at Midnight; aka La muerte acaricia a medianoche (Spain, 1973)
• Un dólar de recompensa (1973) aka The Artist Is a Gunfighter (US, 1973); La preda e l'avvoltoio (Italy, 1973); La presa y la buitre (1973); Prey of Vultures (US, 1973)
• Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia (1973) aka Violent Professionals (US: video title, 1973)
• Il mio nome è Nessuno(1973) (also story) aka Lonesome Gun (US, 1974); Mein Name ist Nobody (West Germany, 1973); My Name Is Nobody (US, 1974)
• Troppo rischio per un uomo solo (1973) aka The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973)
• Torso(1973) aka I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (Italy, 1973); translation: The Bodies Show Traces of Carnal Violence (1973); Carnal Violence (Europe: English title, 1973)
• L'uomo senza minchia (1974) aka Man Without a Memory (Europe: dubbed version, 1974); Puzzle (US: video title, 1974/III)
• Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare (1974) aka Almost Human (US: reissue title, 1980); The Kidnapping of Mary Lou (US, 1980)
• La città gioca d'azzardo (1974) aka The Cheaters (1974); Gambling City (UK, 1974)
• Anna, quel particolare piacere (1974) aka Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment (1974); Secrets of a Call Girl (1974)
• La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975) aka La Città sconvolta (1975); Kidnap Syndicate (US, 1975)
• Un Genio, due compari, un pollo (1975) aka A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (US, 1975); aka The Genius (1975); Nobody's the Greatest (video title, 1975); Trinity Is Back Again (US, 1975)
• La pupa del gangster (1975) Get Rita (1975); Gun Moll (1975); Lady of the Evening (1975); Oopsie Poopsie (1975); Poopsie (1975)
• Milano, morte sospetta di una minorenne (1975) (also story) aka The Suspected Death of a Minor (US, 1975)
• Fango bollente (1975)
• Sahara Cross (1977)
• Il cinico, l'infame, il violento / The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist (1977)
• Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) aka The Concorde Affair (US: video title, 1979)
• Il fiume del grande caimano / The River of the Great Alligator (1979) The Big Caimano River (1979); The Great Alligator River (Australia: video title, 1979); The Great Alligator (1979); aka Alligators (1979)
• Mi faccio la sega (1980) aka I'm Getting a Yacht! (1980)
• Il ficcanaso (1980) (story)
• Notturno con grida (1981)
• Assassinio al cimitero etrusco/ Murder in the Etruscan Cemetery (1982); aka The Scorpion with Two Tails (US, 1982); aka Crime au cimetière étrusque (France, 1982); Il mistero degli Etruschi (Italy: reissue title, 1982)
• 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York (1983) aka 2019 après la chute de New York (France, 1983); aka 2019: After the Fall of New York (US, 1983)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984) aka C'era una volta in America (Italy, 1984)
• La fine dell'eternità / The End of Eternity (1984)
• Pizza Connection (1985) aka The New York Connection (1985); The Sicilian Connection (US: dubbed version, 1985)
• L'Assassino è ancora tra noi (1985) aka The Killer Is Still Among Us (1985)
• Mani di pietra/ Hands of Steel (1986) aka Atomic Cyborg (1986); Fists of Steel (UK: video title, 1986); Return of the Terminator (Malaysia: English title, 1986)
• Casablanca Express (1988)
• Stradivari (1989)
• Jiboa, il sentiero dei diamanti (1989)
• L'uovo del cuculo (1992)
• La strana storia di Olga O. (1995) aka The Strange Story of Olga O. (1995)
• Crimine contro crimine (1998)

As director, second unit director or assistant director

• Libido (film) (1965) (as Julian Berry)
• Cin... cin... cianuro (1968) aka Pour une poignée de diamants (France, 1968)
• La lunga spiaggia fredda (1971) aka The Lonely Violent Beach (video title, 1971)
• Notturno con grida (1981)
• La fine dell'eternità (1984)
• L'uovo del cuculo (1992)

External links

• Ernesto Gastaldi at the Internet Movie Database
• Ernesto Gastaldi at AllMovie