The Legend of Valentino

*The Legend of Valentino*
The Legend of Valentino
Genre	Biography; Drama
Written by	Melville Shavelson
Directed by	Melville Shavelson
Starring	Franco Nero
Music by	Charles Fox
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Shelly Hull ; Leonard Goldberg ; Aaron Spelling
Production locations	20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Archie R. Dalzell
Editor	John Woodcock
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 23, 1975

GenreBiography
Drama

Directed byMelville Shavelson

The Legend of Valentino is a 1975 American made-for-television biographical film written and directed by Melville Shavelson. It deals with real life events about the actor and sex symbol of the 1920s Rudolph Valentino.^[1]^[2]

It was broadcast by ABC on November 23, 1975.^[3]

Not to be confused with the 1961 documentary film "The Legend of Valentino".

v t e Works by Aaron Spelling
TV series created	Johnny Ringo (1959–60) The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–63) The Smothers Brothers Show (1965–66) The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–69) The New People (1969–70)
Films written	Guns of the Timberland (1960) One Foot in Hell (1960) Carter's Army (TV, 1970)
Films produced only	The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV, 1969) The Monk (TV, 1969) The Ballad of Andy Crocker (TV, 1969) The Love War (TV, 1970) But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV, 1970) Wild Women (TV, 1970) The House That Would Not Die (TV, 1970) The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV, 1970) Run, Simon, Run (TV, 1970) Yuma (TV, 1971) Congratulations, It's a Boy! (TV, 1971) Five Desperate Women (TV, 1971) A Taste of Evil (TV, 1971) The Death of Me Yet (TV, 1971) The Trackers (TV, 1971) Two for the Money (TV, 1972) Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (TV, 1972) The Bounty Man (TV, 1972) Satan's School for Girls (TV, 1973) Hijack! (TV, 1973) Letters from Three Lovers (TV, 1973) The Affair (TV, 1973) Death Squad (TV, 1974) The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (TV, 1974) Cry Panic (TV, 1974) Savages (TV, 1974) Death Sentence (TV, 1974) Hit Lady (TV, 974) Death Cruise (TV, 1974) The Legend of Valentino (TV, 1975) Baby Blue Marine (1976) Cruise Into Terror (TV, 1978) Velvet (TV, 1984) 'night, Mother (1986) Surrender (1987) Satisfaction (1988) Loose Cannons (1990) Soapdish (1991)

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The Legend of Valentino

Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Melville Shavelson
Directed by	Melville Shavelson
Starring	Franco Nero
Music by	Charles Fox
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Shelly Hull Leonard Goldberg Aaron Spelling
Production locations	20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Archie R. Dalzell
Editor	John Woodcock
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 23, 1975 (1975-11-23)