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Massimo D'Avak

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Massimo D'Avak is known for Dark Purpose (1964), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974) and Sacrifice! (1972).
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    • Known for

    George Sanders, Rossano Brazzi, Shirley Jones, Giorgia Moll, and Micheline Presle in Dark Purpose (1964)
    Dark Purpose
    5.1
    • Writer
    • 1964
    The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
    The Perfume of the Lady in Black
    6.5
    • Writer(as Massimo D'Avack)
    • 1974
    Me Me Lai and Ivan Rassimov in Sacrifice! (1972)
    Sacrifice!
    5.3
    • Writer(as Massimo D'Avack)
    • 1972
    Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
    Who Saw Her Die?
    6.4
    • Writer(as Massimo D'Avack)
    • 1972

    Credits

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    • Occhio alla vedova! (1975)
      Occhio alla vedova!
      4.4
      • Writer
      • 1975
    • The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
      The Perfume of the Lady in Black
      6.5
      • story
      • screenplay (as Massimo D'Avack, as Massimo D'Avack)
      • 1974
    • Me Me Lai and Ivan Rassimov in Sacrifice! (1972)
      Sacrifice!
      5.3
      • written by (as Massimo D'Avack)
      • 1972
    • Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
      Who Saw Her Die?
      6.4
      • story
      • screenplay (as Massimo D'Avack)
      • 1972
    • The Devil's Backbone (1970)
      The Devil's Backbone
      6.3
      • based on a story by
      • 1970
    • James Garner in A Man Called Sledge (1970)
      A Man Called Sledge
      5.9
      • screenplay: Italian version (uncredited)
      • 1970
    • Jean-Louis Trintignant and Carroll Baker in So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
      So Sweet... So Perverse
      6.0
      • story adaptation
      • 1969
    • Florinda Bolkan in Detective Belli (1969)
      Detective Belli
      5.9
      • written by
      • 1969
    • Orchidea De Santis in The Labyrinth of Sex (1969)
      The Labyrinth of Sex
      4.4
      • screenplay
      • 1969
    • The Queer... The Erotic (1969)
      The Queer... The Erotic
      3.0
      • story
      • screenplay
      • 1969
    • Temptation (1969)
      Temptation
      4.3
      • screenplay
      • 1969
    • John Cassavetes in Bandits in Rome (1968)
      Bandits in Rome
      5.9
      • story
      • screenplay
      • 1968
    • George Sanders, Rossano Brazzi, Shirley Jones, Giorgia Moll, and Micheline Presle in Dark Purpose (1964)
      Dark Purpose
      5.1
      • screenplay
      • 1964

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    • Alternative name
      • Massimo D'Avack

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