Hugo Fregonese
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Listed in one movie encyclopedia as an "American-born director", Hugo Fregonese was actually a native of Argentina, and spent much of his professional life in that nation's film industry. A former journalist, Fregonese came to the U.S. to attend... more
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Cast: Hugo Fregonese German Krauss Pablo Alarcon Maria Rosa Gallo Jorge Rivera Lopez   
Tags: Biopic Drama Historical Film 
Length: 110min
This is a filmed biography of Jorge Newberry, noted Argentine aviator, philanthropist and ladies man of the 1920s. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast: Hugo Fregonese Karin Dor Michael Rennie Craig Hill Tulio DeMicheli   
Tags: Alien Film 
Length: 86min
Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy wrote, co-produced and stars in (but did not direct) this sophomoric monster mash about a visitor from the dying planet Ummo (a badly-dubbed Michael Rennie, who's played better alien visitors) whose plan for dominating...

Cast: Guy Madison Lex Barker Daliah Lavi Hugo Fregonese Riz Ortolani   
Tags: Eurowestern Western Indian Western 
Length: 122min
This 1963 Eurowestern begins with a dead rancher and some Indians, indicating that the Apaches have broken their peace treaty. Only a young boy knows that the killings (which include his parents) were actually done by ruthless land grabbers hoping to...

Dr. Mabuse's Rays of Death (1964)
Cast: Hugo Fregonese Robert Beatty Leo Genn Wolfgang Preiss Peter Van Eyck   
Tags: Master Criminal Films Science Fiction Thriller 
Length: 95min
This is the final entry in the Dr. Mabuse films a bad doctor wants to blow up Earth with a death ray and a giant concave mirror. He is thwarted by the brave hero. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

El Hombre quel Vine dela Ummo (1969)
Cast: Michael Rennie Hugo Fregonese Karin Dor Craig Hill Tulio DeMicheli   
Tags: Creature Film Supernatural Horror Horror 
Length: 91min
This is not the same film as the gosh-awful 1970 Al Adamson epic with J.Carroll Naish and Lon Chaney Jr. Originally titled Assignment Terror, this German/Spanish/Italian production stars Michael Rennie as an extraterrestrial invader. Unlike the...

Cast: Robert Taylor Ty Hardin Marc Lawrence Hugo Fregonese Ron Randell   
Tags: Adventure Drama Western 
Length: 100min
Samuel Bronston Productions was pretty much obliterated in 1964 by the failure of The Fall of the Roman Empire. Three years later, Bronston tried to rebuild his old empire by teaming up with a pair of South American entrepreneurs; the result was...

Cast: Rory Calhoun Ennio de Concini Hugo Fregonese Yoko Tani Les Baxter   
Tags: Costume Adventure Biopic Adventure 
Length: 95min
In this epic, a medieval adventurer heads to China and winds up saving the Grand Khan's daughter from bandits. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Harry Black and the Tiger (1958)
Cast: Muir Mathieson Barbara Rush Stewart Granger Hugo Fregonese Anthony Steel   
Tags: Action Adventure 
Length: 107min
The mysterious Indian jungle provides the setting for this adventure where a one-legged hunter pursues a terrifying tiger, a man-eater. On the hunt, the man encounters the cowardly fellow who caused him to lose his leg in a POW camp. Together they...

The Beasts of Marseilles (1957)
Cast: Stephen Boyd Kathleen Harrison Anton Diffring Wilkie Cooper Hugo Fregonese   
Tags: War Drama POW Drama Adventure Drama War 
Length: 100min
The British Seven Thunders was released in the US as Beasts of Marseilles. Set in 1943, the film stars Stephen Boyd and Tony Wright as escaped POWs Dave and Jim. Hiding out in Marseilles, the two protagonists battle over the affections of local gamine...

Cast: Peter Ustinov Hugo Fregonese Abbe Lane   
Length: 102min
A top international cast distinguishes the leisurely-paced drama I Girovaghi (The Wanderers). Peter Ustinov stars as itinerant puppeteer Don Alfonso, who tours the provinces in the company of his wife (Carmen Del Piggio) and son (Gaetano Autiero)....

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