---
name: "Franco Mannino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/franco-mannino"
fi1m_id: "franco-mannino"
imdb_id: "nm0006187"
tmdb_id: 36017
wikidata_id: "Q3082382"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 April 1924"
died: "1 February 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:41:16.596459+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Franco Mannino

## Identity

Franco Mannino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franco-mannino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franco-mannino
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006187
- **TMDB ID:** 36017
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3082382
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Mannino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006187/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36017

Composer. Born 24 April 1924 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Died 1 February 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 April 1924, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- **Died:** 1 February 2005
- **Also known as:** Francesco Mannino, Franck Wallace
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Mannino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006187/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36017

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Beat the Devil*](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md) (72)

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## Biography

Franco Mannino (1924–2005) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. Born in Palermo, Sicily, he wrote music for more than a hundred films and over 440 concert works, including operas, ballets, symphonies and chamber music.

He made his debut as a pianist at the age of 16 and later conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada (1982–1986). Mannino collaborated repeatedly with director Luchino Visconti, whose sister Uberta Visconti di Modrone he married; their films together include *Bellissima* (1951), *Death in Venice* (1971, as conductor), *Conversation Piece* (1974) and *The Innocent* (1976). He also composed the score for *Beat the Devil* (1953).

Mannino died in Rome following surgery.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beat the Devil* (1953), Fi1m 72, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murder Obsession* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *A Man on His Knees* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *A Simple Heart* (1977), Music
- *The Innocent* (1976), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Identikit* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Ludwig* (1973), Conductor
- *Death in Venice* (1971), Conductor
- *Kill, Baby... Kill!* (1966), Music
- *Mademoiselle de Maupin* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Revolt of the Seven* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *A Monster and a Half* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Hercules, Prisoner of Evil* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Love in Four Dimensions* (1964), Music
- *The Ghost* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Seventh Sword* (1962), Music
- *Castle of the Banned Lovers* (1956), Music
- *Ultima illusione* (1955), Music
- *Ho ritrovato mio figlio* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Clothing the Naked* (1954), Music
- *Cinema of yesteryear* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Beat the Devil* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/beat-the-devil.md)
- *At the Edge of the City* (1953), Music
- *Empty Eyes* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Wayward Wife* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *La voce del sangue* (1952), Music
- *Bellissima* (1952), Music Supervisor, Original Music Composer
- *Tomorrow Is Another Day* (1951), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Notes on a True Story* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Musical Whim* (1950), Music
- *Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!* (1949), Music

## Gallery

- ![Italian composer, pianist, opera director Franco Mannino (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/3872397/gallery-7d391d15424d.jpg) Italian composer, pianist, opera director Franco Mannino (1974) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Franco_Mannino.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Franco Mannino](https://film.one/media/person/3872397/gallery-05f2c0665684.jpg) Franco Mannino — UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Franco_Mannino%2C_1959_-_collezione_Tino_Barindelli.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-Franco_Mannino%2C_1959_-_collezione_Tino_Barindelli.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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