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Even Angels Eat Beans

1973 · 118 min

A breezy, knockabout buddy comedy where the punches are loud, the stakes are low and the grins come easy.

Tagline
Al Capone... Get lost! Dillinger... Phooey on you! Here come the funniest crooks since crime began!
Overview
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
Free in the UK
  • Rakuten TV
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • crime
  • class
  • loyalty
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
crime, action, comedy
Directed by
Enzo Barboni
Written by
Marie Claire Solleville, Enzo Barboni, Tulio Demicheli, J. Fortini
Starring
Giuliano Gemma, Bud Spencer, Robert Middleton, Bill Vanders, Riccardo Pizzuti, Lara Sender, Steffen Zacharias, Francy Fair
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
France, Italy, Spain
Languages
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