Biography
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mario Zampi (1 November 1903, Sora, Italy - 2 December 1963, London, England) was a film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s. Zampi started out as an actor in Italy at the age of 17. By 1930, he was working for Warner Bros. as a film editor in London. In 1937, he and fellow compatriate Filippo Del Giudice founded Two Cities Films. While the company was noted for such ser...
Complete Filmography
Five Golden Hours
1961
Director, Producer
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely barones...
Bottoms Up!
1960
Director, Producer
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save hi...
Too Many Crooks
1959
Director
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Re...
The Naked Truth
1957
Director, Producer
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rat...
Now and Forever
1956
Director, Producer
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and ...
Happy Ever After
1954
Producer, Director
The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes...
Ho scelto l'amore
1953
Screenplay, Director
A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove o...
Top Secret
1952
Director, Producer
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyon...
Laughter in Paradise
1951
Director, Producer
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something whic...
Shadow of the Past
1950
Director, Producer
A man catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.
Third Time Lucky
1949
Producer
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main gambling rival arrives and he desires the girl...
The Fatal Night
1948
Director
A young American accepts a bet to spend a night in a haunted house in Mayfair.
The Phantom Shot
1947
Director, Producer
A hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as ...
Spy for a Day
1940
Producer, Director
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
French Without Tears
1940
Producer
It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in ...