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Franco Fontana(I)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Set Decorator
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Franco Fontana is known for Operation Kid Brother (1967), The Tough and the Mighty (1969) and The Night of the Great Attack (1959).
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    Known for

    Neil Connery in Operation Kid Brother (1967)
    Operation Kid Brother
    3.6
    • Art Director
    • 1967
    Terence Hill in The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
    The Tough and the Mighty
    6.4
    • Art Director
    • 1969
    The Night of the Great Attack (1959)
    The Night of the Great Attack
    5.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1959
    Copacabana Palace (1962)
    Copacabana Palace
    5.2
    • Art Director
    • 1962

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    Production Designer

    • Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
      Bloody Pit of Horror
      4.5
      • Production Designer (as Frank F. Arnold)
      • 1965
    • The Myth (1965)
      The Myth
      4.5
      • Production Designer
      • 1965
    • Sedotti e bidonati (1964)
      Sedotti e bidonati
      6.4
      • Production Designer
      • 1964
    • Dorian Gray in Destination Fury (1961)
      Destination Fury
      6.5
      • Production Designer (as Franco Fontana Arnaldi)
      • 1961
    • Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959)
      Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca
      5.3
      • Production Designer
      • 1959
    • The Night of the Great Attack (1959)
      The Night of the Great Attack
      5.4
      • Production Designer
      • 1959
    • L'orfana del ghetto (1955)
      L'orfana del ghetto
      • Production Designer
      • 1955
    • Viva la rivista! (1953)
      Viva la rivista!
      5.8
      • Production Designer
      • 1953
    • Infame accusa (1953)
      Infame accusa
      • Production Designer
      • 1953
    • Cuore forestiero (1952)
      Cuore forestiero
      • Production Designer
      • 1952
    • Pentimento (1952)
      Pentimento
      • Production Designer
      • 1952
    • Bellezze a Capri (1951)
      Bellezze a Capri
      3.8
      • Production Designer (as F. Fontana)
      • 1951
    • Love and Poison (1950)
      Love and Poison
      4.6
      • Production Designer
      • 1950
    • Se fossi deputato (1949)
      Se fossi deputato
      • Production Designer
      • 1949
    • Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949)
      Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!
      6.4
      • Production Designer
      • 1949

    Art Director

    • Fighters from Ave Maria (1970)
      Fighters from Ave Maria
      5.0
      • Art Director
      • 1970
    • Terence Hill in The Tough and the Mighty (1969)
      The Tough and the Mighty
      6.4
      • Art Director
      • 1969
    • Neil Connery in Operation Kid Brother (1967)
      Operation Kid Brother
      3.6
      • Art Director
      • 1967
    • Andremo in città (1966)
      Andremo in città
      6.5
      • Art Director
      • 1966
    • Susan Strasberg, Dirk Bogarde, and George Chakiris in McGuire, Go Home! (1965)
      McGuire, Go Home!
      5.9
      • Art Director
      • 1965
    • Copacabana Palace (1962)
      Copacabana Palace
      5.2
      • Art Director
      • 1962
    • Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962)
      Colpo gobbo all'italiana
      6.6
      • Art Director
      • 1962
    • Love, the Italian Way (1960)
      Love, the Italian Way
      5.6
      • Art Director
      • 1960
    • Tunis Top Secret (1959)
      Tunis Top Secret
      • Art Director
      • 1959
    • Betsy Blair, Steve Cochran, Dorian Gray, Jacqueline Jones, and Alida Valli in Il Grido (1957)
      Il Grido
      7.6
      • Art Director
      • 1957
    • Silvana Pampanini in Viva il cinema! (1952)
      Viva il cinema!
      4.8
      • Art Director
      • 1952

    Set Decorator

    • Dorian Gray in Destination Fury (1961)
      Destination Fury
      6.5
      • Set Decorator (as Franco Fontana Arnaldi)
      • 1961
    • Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959)
      Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca
      5.3
      • Set Decorator
      • 1959
    • Mamie Van Doren in Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina (1958)
      Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina
      6.6
      • Set Decorator
      • 1958
    • Betsy Blair, Steve Cochran, Dorian Gray, Jacqueline Jones, and Alida Valli in Il Grido (1957)
      Il Grido
      7.6
      • Set Decorator
      • 1957
    • Mamma sconosciuta (1956)
      Mamma sconosciuta
      7.7
      • Set Decorator
      • 1956
    • Canzone proibita (1956)
      Canzone proibita
      5.8
      • Set Decorator
      • 1956
    • Elisa Cegani, Gino Cervi, Françoise Christophe, and Pierre Cressoy in A Free Woman (1954)
      A Free Woman
      6.7
      • Set Decorator
      • 1954
    • Mamma perdonami!
      • Set Decorator
      • 1953
    • Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
      Three Forbidden Stories
      6.3
      • Set Decorator
      • 1952
    • Una donna ha ucciso (1952)
      Una donna ha ucciso
      6.8
      • Set Decorator
      • 1952
    • Accidenti alla guerra!... (1948)
      Accidenti alla guerra!...
      • Set Decorator
      • 1948

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