Crime Busters (1977)

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

Director:

Enzo Barboni (as E.B. Clucher)

Writers:

Enzo Barboni (screenplay) (as E.B. Clucher), Enzo Barboni (story) (as E.B. Clucher)

Stars:

Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Thug
Roberto Messina
Rocco Lerro

Storyline

Through an improbable series of events and an impossibly bungled supermarket hold-up, down on their luck con men Matt and Wilbur find themselves working with the Miami police force. As they patrol the streets of the city, their main job becomes trying to break the hold of the city's street gangs, including one group of teens in old movie-gangster style clothes, led by a kid named Geronimo who dresses in full Indian warrior regalia.

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Plot Keywords:

punched in the face | wrecking a car | policeman uniform | job seeking | buddy comedy | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Adventure | Crime

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Terence Hill and Bud Spencer played policemen in another cop comedy called Miami Supercops (1985). Hill was also a cop in "Supersnooper" (Super Fuzz (1980)) as was Spencer in "Thieves and Robbers" aka "Cats and Dogs" (Thieves and Robbers (1983)), two movies where they both acted without each other.

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Goofs

In the dinner fight scene Walsh helped the "paralytic" Kirby to stand up. Kirby _said_ thank to Walsh who was allegedly deaf.

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Quotes

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

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Alternate Versions

UK version is cut by 2 sec. to secure a PG rating. Removed was the sight of dangerous imitable technique (double ear clap). An uncut 15 rating was available to the distributor.

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Connections

Featured in Tiswas: Episode #5.4 (1978)

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Soundtracks

Theme From Crime Busters
(uncredited)
Composed by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis

User Reviews

The best one of the Spencer/Hill legacy!

I grew up with them, here in Germqany their films are extremely popular. Now that I'm a grown-up, of course I must admit that most of their films are pretty silly, yet still they had an effect on me and influenced my preferences. This one is definitely the best one of them. Its slapstick humor is brilliant and the story is silly but absolutely hilarious. But the best thing about the film is the music. The moment you start whistling it, everybody knows exactly where it comes from. Genius! Even aspects like photography and set decoration are very convincing in this one, you find some beautiful pictures and scenes in it. So it's still a classic simple slapstick-buddy-movie, but a very special one: Their best one! It's a hell of fun to watch it!

Details

Country:

Italy USA

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

June 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crime Busters

Filming Locations:

739 NW 5th St. Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$33,642

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tritone Cinematografica, T.O.T.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 109 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1