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Hugo Fregonese is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant Director, Editor and Script Argentin born on 8 april 1908

Hugo Fregonese

Hugo Fregonese
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Birth name Hugo Geronimo Fregonese
Nationality Argentine
Birth 8 april 1908
Death 17 january 1987 (at 78 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Hugo Fregonese (8 avril 1908, Mendoza – 11 janvier 1987, Buenos Aires) est un réalisateur et scénariste argentin, principalement à Hollywood et en Argentine.

Biography

Ancien journaliste sportif, il étudie à l'Université Columbia en 1935 puis est engagé comme conseiller technique sur des films ayant pour thème l'Amérique latine. En 1938, il retourne vivre en Argentine. Là il travaille comme éditeur, assistant de direction et réalisateur de courts métrages. Il fait ses débuts sur deux longs métrages argentins en 1942, comme assistant-réalisateur, avant de réaliser vingt-six films (dont quatre également comme scénariste) entre 1945 et 1975.

Bon nombre des films de la période américaine de Fregonese sont des westerns comme Quand les tambours s'arrêteront ou des policiers mélodramatiques comme Mardi, ça saignera, L'Étrange Mr. Slade. Il réalise aussi en Inde le film britannique Harry Black et le tigre .

Il a deux enfants de sa première épouse Faith Domergue.

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Filmography of Hugo Fregonese (33 films)

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Assignment Terror, 1h25
Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Tulio Demicheli
Origin Espagne
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Wolves in film, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Cyberpunk films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Paul Naschy, Michael Rennie, Karin Dor, Patty Shepard, Ángel del Pozo, Craig Hill
Rating41% 2.079322.079322.079322.079322.07932
Aliens, running a traveling circus as a cover, revive a vampire, a werewolf, a mummy and Frankenstein's monster with a plan to use them to take over the world. They want to discover the reason that these monsters are so frightening to Earthlings. They then plan to create an army of such monsters using their findings.
Find a Place to Die
Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Giuliano Carnimeo
Genres Action, Western
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Pascale Petit, Piero Lulli, Reza Fazeli, Adolfo lastretti, Daniela Giordano
Rating54% 2.70422.70422.70422.70422.7042
Piero Lulli et sa fille sont prospecteurs et finissent par trouver un filon dans une mine d’or. L’ennui, c’est qu’ils trouvent aussi des problèmes… La bande de Chato est bien décidée à rafler la mine à son profit. Dans une fusillade, Piero est blessé et reste bloqué par des gravats qui lui sont tombés dessus. Il conseille à sa fille de le laisser là, mais elle insiste pour aller chercher de l’aide. Elle se rend donc à l’aveuglette dans le désert et arrive dans une église abandonnée où elle convainc après bien des efforts Joe Collins, 3 mexicains et un curé étrange de l’accompagner à la mine en leur promettant qu’ils pourront se payer sur l’or qu’elle et son père avaient amassé…
Savage Pampas, 1h52
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Marc Lawrence, Ty Hardin, Dieter Eppler, Ángel del Pozo
Rating57% 2.8546052.8546052.8546052.8546052.854605
During the 1870s, a tough Captain of the Argentine Army doggedly battles a band of outlaws composed of a mixture of Indians and Argentine deserters.
Old Shatterhand, 2h2
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin German
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Lex Barker, Guy Madison, Pierre Brice, Daliah Lavi, Ralf Wolter, Gustavo Rojo
Rating61% 3.0529753.0529753.0529753.0529753.052975
Killings of innocent ranchers indicate the Apaches have broken the peace treaty. Old Shatterhand, blood brother of the Apache chief Winnetou, finds out that ruthless land grabbers did the killings, hoping to start off a war between the Indians and the settlers, and follows the trail right back to the gates of the cavalry's fort.
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse, 1h30
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter van Eyck, O. E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux, Walter Rilla, Ernst Schröder, Dieter Eppler
Rating48% 2.4263352.4263352.4263352.4263352.426335
L'agent des services secrets britanniques, le major Anders, enquête sur le professeur Larsen qui a inventé un rayon de la mort sur son île. Parmi les parties qui tentent de l'obtenir, il y a le grand criminel le Dr Mabuse. Anders dirige une armée d'hommes-grenouilles pour arrêter Larsen et Mabuse.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1962)
, 1h35
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure
Actors Rory Calhoun, Yoko Tani, Camillo Pilotto, Michael Chow (restaurateur), Pierre Cressoy, Michael Chow
Rating52% 2.6307152.6307152.6307152.6307152.630715
Marco Polo, fils et neveu de grands voyageurs, arrive en Chine, précédé d'une réputation louangeuse. Il est accompagné de son fidèle serviteur Julin. Il commence par délivrer la belle princesse Amurroy, fille du Grand Khan, captive des brigands d'abord, des agissements du Premier Ministre ensuite, lequel complote d'assassiner le Grand Khan et d'épouser la princesse.
Harry Black and the Tiger, 1h50
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Barbara Rush, Stewart Granger, I. S. Johar, Anthony Steel, Martin Stephens, Kamala Devi
Rating61% 3.0980053.0980053.0980053.0980053.098005
Professional hunter Harry Black is off to India. He wants to bag a tiger in the Indian jungles that is threatening a nearby village. As he proceeds on his journey, he encounters numerous people, including the young, and maybe too smart, Desmond Tanner and his wife Chris, who was Harry's first wife.
Seven Thunders, 1h40
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Prison films, La provence, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Anna Gaylor, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright, Rosalie Crutchley
Rating62% 3.143023.143023.143023.143023.14302
In 1943, Dave (Stephen Boyd), an officer, and Jim (Tony Wright), escape from separate prison camps and are paired together by the underground. They are taken to Marseille by a fishing boat captain to wait for the right opportunity to try for England. While they wait, local woman Lise (Anna Gaylor) falls in love with Dave. He is attracted to her, but is engaged.
The Wanderers, 1h35
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Ustinov, Carla Del Poggio, Abbe Lane, Giuseppe Porelli, Rocco D'Assunta, Angelo Dessy
Rating70% 3.51483.51483.51483.51483.5148
La vie d'une famille de marionnettistes est transformée par l'arrivée du cinéma muet.
The King's Thief, 1h18
Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven, George Sanders, Roger Moore, John Dehner
Rating58% 2.9044452.9044452.9044452.9044452.904445
James (Niven), the Duke of Brampton and the richest man in England, is so trusted by King Charles II (Sanders), he is able to have two of the King's loyal friends executed for treason. The second is the father of Lady Mary (Blyth). She travels from France to London to seek justice. While there, she meets Michael Dermott (Purdom), a soldier who fought to restore Charles to the throne.
The Raid
The Raid (1954)
, 1h23
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres War, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves
Rating67% 3.390863.390863.390863.390863.39086
In 1864 a group of Confederate prisoners held in a Union prison stockade at Plattsburg, New York, not many miles from the Canadian border, escape. They head for Canada and plan a raid across the border into St. Albans, Vermont, to rob its banks and burn buildings.