Super Fuzz (1980) Poliziotto superpiù (original title)

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Robert Brodie Booth (dialogue)
Sabatino Ciuffini
(more)

Release Date:

2 October 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Faster than a speeding ticket. More powerful than a SWAT team. And up, up and away the funniest super hero of them all!

Plot:

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear | Police | Hit In The Face | Android | Remake

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Policeman Dave Speed
Ernest Borgnine	...	Sgt. Willy Dunlop
Joanne Dru	...	Rosy Labouche
Marc Lawrence	...	Torpedo
Julie Gordon	...	Evelyn
Lee Sandman	...	McEnroy
Salvatore Borghese	...	Paradise Alley (as Sal Borgese)
Woody Woodbury	...	NASA Major
Dow Stout
Herb Goldstein	...	Silvius
Sergio Smacchi	...	Slot Machine
Don Sebastian	...	Dingo
Claudio Ruffini	...	Tragedy Row
Jack McDermott
Charles D. Thomas
Charles Buie
Bobby Gale
Ben Taylor
Florance McGee		(as Florence McGee)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harold Bergman	...	Priest (uncredited)
Buffy Dee	...	Ticket seller with turban on fair (uncredited)
Linda Roberts	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Julian Voloshin	...	Old man in fishing boat (uncredited)

Directed by
Sergio Corbucci

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Brodie Booth		dialogue
Sabatino Ciuffini
Sergio Corbucci

Produced by
Vittorio Galiano	....	producer
Josi W. Konski	....	producer

Original Music by
Michelangelo La Bionda

Cinematography by
Silvano Ippoliti

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso		(as Eugene Ballaby)

Production Design by
Marco Dentici

Costume Design by
Franco Carretti

Makeup Department
Maurizio Giustini	....	makeup artist (as Maurice St. Just)
Armenio Marroni	....	hair stylist (as Ennio Marroni)

Production Management
Josi W. Konski	....	production manager
Maurizio Pastrovich	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Babu Subramaniam 'T.R.'	....	assistant director

Art Department
Armando Vincenti	....	property master

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	sound editor
Roberto Petrozzi	....	sound mixer (as Bob Petrozzi)

Special Effects by
Dino Galiano	....	special effects (as Cass Gillespie)

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Antonio Annunziata	....	assistant camera (as Tony Annunziata)
Ettore Corso	....	assistant camera (as Saul Carswell)
Enrico Sasso	....	camera operator (as Hank Whitecliff)
Ermanno Serto	....	still photographer (as Herman Sertoff)
Gaetano Valle	....	camera operator (as Nathaniel Valle)

Other crew
Maria Luisa Rosen	....	continuity (as Marisa Rosen)
Jerry Ross	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• El Pico S.A.
• TVI
• Transcinema

Distributors

• AVCO Embassy Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (198?) (UK) (theatrical)
• New World-Mutual (1982) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1980) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Millennium Storm (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Vídeo Mercury Films (2006) (Spain) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Poliziotto superpiù" - USA (original title)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min | Netherlands:107 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA | Spain | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (1980) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Spain:T | Iceland:12 | West Germany:6 (f) | Australia:G | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

El Pico S.A.

Trivia:

Italian comedian Terence Hill starred in this fantasy cop comedy without regular double-act companion Bud Spencer.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dave and Sgt. Dunlap are on the balloon coming out of the sea, they are under water, but a few seconds after rising out of the sea. Dave and Sgt. Dunlap are talking on the balloon and their clothes are completely dry.

Quotes:

Willy Dunlop:I'm standing... on top of the world!

Movie Connections:

Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Do Ya

Yeah, I saw this on HBO in the Eighties. I Wish I left it that Way.

This was an HBO classic that I first saw when I was about 7 years old back in 1985. I loved the concept of a super powered cop at the time, and the name, Super Fuzz, was just really cool sounding to a 7 year old boy. I remember pretending to be Super Fuzz and when I saw red I would fall down just like the famous chase scene.

This is great for what it is, a ridiculous cop B-movie that apparently kids from the eighties who had HBO will love and have fond memories from. However, the acting is horrible, and the story is barely there. In the end, prepare to be disappointed and have a small chunk of your childhood ruined. I re-watched it and realized I ruined the innocence of that 7 year old boy. Do yourself a favor. Don't re-watch it if you liked it once upon a time, and if you are just now watching it, then you probably are going to hate it, especially if you were born after 1982. Good Luck!