The tomato war
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The tomato war |
| Original title | Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga |
| Country of production | Italy , Turkey |
| original language | Turkish , English |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Giorgio Ferroni |
| script |
Roberto Natale Vittorio Vighi Francesco Merli |
| production | Turgut Demirag |
| music | Sergio Montori |
| camera | Sandro Mancori |
| cut | Franco Fraticelli |
| occupation | |
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The Tomato War (original title: Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga ) is an Italian - Turkish co-production by the director Giorgio Ferroni from 1975 . The film was also called Two Crazy Guys .
action
The greengrocer Antonio has chartered a shabby ship with Scottish sailors for a tomato delivery . When he was put under pressure by members of a criminal organization and followed by thugs at the vegetable market, the former Vietnam mercenary Placido stood by him. It is true that he has renounced violence and is on his way to Tibet to join the sect of the "Children of Heaven"; but when he is also physically attacked, he turns off the thugs. The two become friends and Placido postpones the onward journey to Tibet to assist Antonio. After further confrontations with the gangsters, they discover that they are gun dealers who have hidden their goods in the tomato shipment. When Placido realizes that the weapons should be delivered to the guru of his sect, he falls away from the faith. Together with the Scottish ship's crew, they put the gunsmiths down.
background
The Tomato War was Giorgio Ferroni's last directorial work, here under the pseudonym Calvin Jackson Padget . Leading actor Brad Harris appeared under the pseudonym Robin McDavid . The co-production was filmed inexpensively in Turkey. The title there is Fırtınalar İstanbulda .
reception
"Undemanding type comedy."
Y. Alion saw "a good number of fights and stunts, spiced up with gags of the crude kind".
Web links
- The tomato war in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon.it
- The film at sinematurk
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Tomato War. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ in: Écran , No. 57, April 15, 1977