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Flatfoot in Africa

1978 · 115 min

A breezy, good-natured crime caper with broad comedy, punchy brawls and sunny travelogue scenery that never asks much of you.

Directed by: Steno
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath

Overview: Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.

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Directed by: Steno
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
corruption
friendship
family
justice
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Tension	4
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Genres: action, comedy, crime, drama
Directed by: Steno
Written by: Franco Verucci, Giovanni Simonelli, Adriano Bolzoni, Rainer Brandt
Starring: Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Werner Pochath, Joe Stewardson, Carel Trichardt, Desmond Thompson, Baldwyn Dakile, Dagmar Lassander
Music: Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis
Cinematography: Alberto Spagnoli
Runtime: 115 min
Country: Germany, Italy
Languages: Italian

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