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Charleston

  • 19771977
  • PGPG
  • 1h 33m
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Bud Spencer in Charleston (1977)
Comedy
Con-man tries to pull a fast one on what appears to be an easy prey, but his "victim" scams him for five million dollars!Con-man tries to pull a fast one on what appears to be an easy prey, but his "victim" scams him for five million dollars!Con-man tries to pull a fast one on what appears to be an easy prey, but his "victim" scams him for five million dollars!
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
100,768
41,502
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    • Director
      • Marcello Fondato
    • Writers
      • Marcello Fondato
      • Francesco Scardamaglia
    • Stars
      • Bud Spencer
      • Herbert Lom
      • Jack La Cayenne
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Marcello Fondato
    • Writers
      • Marcello Fondato
      • Francesco Scardamaglia
    • Stars
      • Bud Spencer
      • Herbert Lom
      • Jack La Cayenne
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    Bud Spencer in Charleston (1977)
    Bud Spencer in Charleston (1977)
    James Coco, Claudio Ruffini, and Bud Spencer in Charleston (1977)
    Bud Spencer in Charleston (1977)
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    Charleston (1977)
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    Bud Spencer
    Bud Spencer
    • Charleston
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Inspector Watkins
    Jack La Cayenne
    • Jack Watson…
    Dino Emanuelli
    Dino Emanuelli
    • Bull
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    Geoffrey Bayldon
    • Uncle Fred
    Ronald Lacey
    Ronald Lacey
    • Frankie
    James Coco
    James Coco
    • Joe Lo Monaco
    Renzo Marignano
    • Morris
    Gino La Monica
    • Sergeant Roy
    • (as Luigi La Monica)
    Michele Starck
    • Morris Girlfriend
    Lucretia Love
    Lucretia Love
    • Secretary
    Peter Glaze
    • Casino Owner
    Roland MacLeod
    • Brown
    Giancarlo Bastianoni
    • Lo Monaco Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Omero Capanna
    Omero Capanna
    • Clown in Theatre
    • (uncredited)
    Maurizio De Angelis
    • Piano Player
    • (uncredited)
    Paolo Figlia
    • Lo Monaco Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Mike Higgins
    • Cashier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Marcello Fondato
    • Writers
      • Marcello Fondato
      • Francesco Scardamaglia
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    • Alternate versions
      The English version released in Sweden and Finland is cut in the scene where Charleston goes on stage to sing and the fight with the circus people and Joe's henchmen has some cuts.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Zeg 'ns Aaa: Opwindend (1988)

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    2/10
    The Bud Spencer Affair
    James Coco is trying to get rid of a luxury ship he owns to get the insurance. But since his character is unable to pick up a phone like a normal person (a tiresome running gag) you just know his scheme is going to backfire in his face. Professional con man Charleston (Bud Spencer) and his trio of stupid English henchmen (amongst them are Catweazle himself and Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark) are planning to double cross him. You see, not only is big burly Spencer a master criminal, he's a master of disguise as well. If you can believe that you'll swallow anything. First the four of them swipe a priceless Gaugin from the home of a police inspector, naturally portrayed by Herbert Lom. Chief Inspector Dreyfus plays Faye Dunnaway to Spencers's Steve McQueen (he has to, as there are no interesting female parts in this picture) and after some talky scenes that break all the rules of perspective they more or less team up to get Coco and his boat (respectively). The ways they go about to do this are too far fetched to recount here. Most of the humour is so infantile that only a six year might chuckle at it and though I hate to admit it, James Coco's shtick with various telephones actually draws the most laughs. The camera work takes a turn for the worse when people start having discussions while driving around in cars. Obviously the filmmakers never heard of a steady cam. Oh yeah there is one slightly amusing gag involving footsie Morse code, but thats about it.

    Most disappointing of all is the lack of fight scenes. This is a Bud Spencer flick after all. But the Big Bearded Lug prefers playing the piano (or at least pretends to) as he and his gang sing a whiny Whiskey song. After that, and for no good reason at all, he actually goes up on stage to do a little dance with chorus girls. This is what people mean when they say a musical number can bring an entire movie to a grinding halt. At last there is one extended slapstick fight in the Charleston theater featuring the gang beating up clowns and acrobats. Naturaly this romp is accompanied by a very silly and old fashioned song meant to invoke the roaring twenties (and failing to do so). But these clowns have absolutely nothing to do with anything else in the picture! Herbert Lom is waisted (refusing to do his trademark eye twitch), James Coco is seen wearing only swimming trunks several times (a crowd pleaser for sure) and Bud Spencer only joins in the fight for a couple of of his trademark smacks before he gets back to smoking cigars and signing documents. When I really started to loose interest, I began checking all the mirrors in the hotel room scenes (there are plenty) to see if none of the crew members or equipment were reflected. To my everlasting surprise, they were not.

    2 out of 10
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    • Aug 20, 2005

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1977 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Superskurkarna blåser snuten
    • Production company
      • Delfo Cinematografica
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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