Crime Busters (1977) I due superpiedi quasi piatti (original title)

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writers:

Enzo Barboni (screenplay)
Enzo Barboni (story)

Release Date:

June 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Adventure | Crime

Tagline:

Hill and Spencer! They're a pair of car-crashing, womanizing, rough-housing loudmouths... and they're the good guys!

Plot:

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Motorcycle | Motorcycle With A Sidecar | Duo | Shooting Range

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Matt Kirby
Bud Spencer	...	Wilbur Walsh
David Huddleston	...	Capt. McBride
Luciano Catenacci	...	Fred 'Curly' Cline
Ezio Marano	...	Bloodsucker
Luciano Rossi	...	Geronimo
Luigi Casellato	...	Drugstore owner
Edy Biagetti	...	Lieutenant Governor
Jill Flanter	...	Countess Galina Kochilova
April Clough	...	Angie Crawford
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Fred's henchman
Giancarlo Bastianoni
Claudio Ruffini
Roberto Messina
Rocco Lerro
Roberto Dell'Acqua		(as Roberto Del Acqua)
Giovanni Ukmar
Duilio Olmi
Laura Gemser	...	Susy Lee
Emilio Delle Piane	...	Pierre, Fred's waiter
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Fortunato Arena
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	...	Geronimo' s Man
William Conroy	...	Man (uncredited)
Alex Edlin	...	Puncher in Football Stadium (uncredited)
Jay W. Jensen	...	Man (uncredited)
Osiride Pevarello	...	Circus Man (uncredited)
Pietro Torrisi	...	Fred's henchman (uncredited)

Directed by
Enzo Barboni		(as E.B. Clucher)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Enzo Barboni		screenplay (as E.B. Clutcher)
Enzo Barboni		story (as E.B. Clutcher)

Produced by
Vittorio Galiano	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Guido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis

Cinematography by
Claudio Cirillo

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso

Production Design by
Enzo Bulgarelli

Costume Design by
Luciano Sagoni

Makeup Department
Fausto De Lisio	....	hair stylist
Luciano Giustini	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Vittorio Galiano	....	production manager
Maurizio Pastrovich	....	production manager
Marcello Torri	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Victor Tourjansky	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Angelo Amatulli	....	boom operator
Bruno Zanoli	....	sound

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Oddone Bernardini	....	camera operator
Angelo Pennoni	....	still photographer
Maurizio Zampagni	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Russo	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Marcello Cannone	....	assistant editor
Mario D'Ambrosio	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Dandylion	....	composer: song "Angel and Beans"
Bud Spencer	....	composer: song "Angel and Beans" (as Carlo Pedersoli)

Other crew
Lamberto Andreani	....	production secretary
Achille Petroni	....	administrator
Maria Luisa Rosen	....	script supervisor
Giorgio Ubaldi	....	master of arms
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Tritone Cinematografica
• T.O.T.A.

Distributors

• United Artists (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MV_Movies (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Millennium Storm (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Somerville House (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"I due superpiedi quasi piatti" - Italy (original title)
"Trinity: In Trouble Again" - USA

Runtime:

115 min | USA:98 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1978) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Norway:11 (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 (orginal rating)

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Tritone Cinematografica

Trivia:

The car number of the cop car belonging to Terence Hill and Bud Spencer was Car No. #11 but this was their police vehicle only because they had crashed Car No. #33.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Matt Kirby is hitting bad guys with two bowling pins, the pins bend as they hit, showing that they are rubber.

Quotes:

Matt Kirby:You know pal, we've got a lot in common... I'm Matt Kirby.
Wilbur Walsh:I'm not.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer (2012) (TV)

Punch them and wish good luck

The absolutely best thing in this film is that it does not ask you much to enjoy it. Only excuse you have to make is that it contains unrealistic fist fighting and the film is therefore pretty violent though nobody gets hurt. It's like grown up men pretending to be again ten year old boys.

The film does not contain dull moments: Bud Spencer never smiles nor frowns even if the baddies punch him and Terence Hill has always that trademark boyish grim on his face. Quite unrealistic is that the heroes "accidentally" join police force and beat the bad guys with ridiculous tricks, but you can't consider anything too critically as you'd only lose the true essence of this hilarious comedy. If you have never before watched Spencer & Hill films this is a good one to start with.