Jack Clementi - just give us a call ...
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Jack Clementi - just give us a call ... (Big Man) |
| Original title | Big man |
| Country of production | Italy , France , Germany |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1988-1989 |
| length | 90 minutes ZDF version: 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 (12) in 1 season |
| genre | Detective film , action series |
| idea |
Steno Maurizio Ponzi Bud Spencer |
| music |
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis (Italian version) Karel Svoboda (German version) |
| occupation | |
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Jack Clementi - just give us a call… , also known as Big Man , is an Italian-French-German crime series starring Bud Spencer . It was produced in 1988 and consists of six television films. Directed by Steno , who was also responsible for the very successful Flatfoot series.
The series is about the former police officer Jack Clementi, who is now investigating as a private detective for the insurance company Lloyds to solve insurance fraud cases. He often works with Commissioner Caruso and his driver Simon Lecoq. His investigations take him across Europe .
Movies
Plot of the films
1. In the network of the drug mafia
Drug smugglers manage to insure their drug shipments. The insurance company Lloyds doesn't like this at all and hires Jack Clementi to handle the case. He manages to infiltrate the drug cartel and finds a little boy who is forced into courier service. Now Clementi not only wants to arrest the drug dealers, but also free the boy.
2. The clan of counterfeiters
Jack Clementi is investigating a forgery case. A rare, highly insured work of art suddenly appears again and now the question of authenticity is open.
3. Wrong game
Investigations into an aging diva who is allegedly blackmailed, stolen from and kidnapped. Jack Clementi finds out about it and puts himself in danger.
4. Rays of Death
A military organization has developed a new weapon that can destroy any known material. The insurance company Lloyds has taken out insurance with the military that covers any damage caused by the weapon. However, this weapon ends up in the hands of terrorists. Now the insurance company sends Jack Clementi out to prevent the worst and to avoid mass panic among the population.
5. The big coup / insured for the death
Jack Clementi infiltrates a prison to break out with an inmate and thus solve a money truck robbery. However, Clementi does not go unnoticed and gets into trouble.
6. Death rides a roller coaster
A sect causes murders of people for whom suicide is not insured. Jack Clementi's journey takes him from Munich to Vienna, where he infiltrates the sect in order to get to the bottom of it all.
Broadcasting and Publications
The films were shown as 90-minute feature films in Italy from November 1988. The series appeared in this form in 1989 in Germany, initially on six VHS cassettes under the original title Big Man on Taurus Video . The television premiere was two years later on May 8, 1991 on ZDF , which had also co-produced the series. There the six films were divided into twelve 45-minute episodes and they were shown in a different order the night before. For the German version, the original music by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis has been replaced by compositions by Karel Svoboda .
From 2010 the series was also shown in German in its original 90-minute form on Das Vierte . The twelve-part version is still used; most recently on Sky Krimi in 2014 .
On June 24, 2011, the complete series was released for the first time on DVD in two boxes by Koch Media . It contains the six original versions and not the twelve-part ZDF version. In 2014, the series was reissued on DVD in the television jewels series at AL! VE in a box. The extras (interviews, original German and Italian trailers and opening and closing credits) are identical in both publications.
| No. | No. (VHS, DVD) |
Italian title | German film title | ZDF title | First broadcast in Italy |
First broadcast in Germany (ZDF version) |
First broadcast in Germany (long version) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Polizza droga | In the network of the drug mafia | Highly insured drugs | Nov 25, 1988 | Apr 8, 1991 | Apr 12, 2010 |
| Dealer on the net | Apr 10, 1991 | ||||||
| 2 | 4th | La fanciulla che ride | The clan of counterfeiters | The art forger | Dec 2, 1988 | May 6, 1991 | May 10, 2010 |
| Jack driven | May 8, 1991 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | diva | Wrong game | Misfortune in the game | Dec 9, 1988 | Apr 22, 1991 | May 17, 2010 |
| The deceived cheater | Apr 24, 1991 | ||||||
| 4th | 2 | boomerang | Rays of death | The weapon | Dec 16, 1988 | Apr 29, 1991 | Apr 19, 2010 |
| The boomerang | May 1, 1991 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 395 dollars l'oncia | The big coup / insured to the death | Departure for adventure | Dec 23, 1988 | Apr 15, 1991 | May 3, 2010 |
| The treasure in the moor | Apr 17, 1991 | ||||||
| 6th | 6th | Polizza inferno | Death rides a roller coaster | Insured for death | Dec. 30, 1988 | May 13, 1991 | Apr 26, 2010 |
| Death rides a roller coaster | May 15, 1991 |
Actor and voice actor
The German version was created by Siegfried Rabe . Bud Spencer was dubbed for the first time and once in the series by Karl-Heinz Krolzyk .
| Movie | actor | character | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 6 | Bud Spencer | Professor Jack Clementi | Karl-Heinz Krolzyk |
| 1 - 6 | Dennis Karvil | Simon Lecoq | Gerhard Acktun |
| 1 - 6 | Mylène Demongeot | Fernande | Anita Höfer |
| 1 - 6 | Geoffrey Copleston | Henry Winterbottom | Günther Sauer |
| 2, 3, 4 | Raymond Pellegrin | Commissioner Caruso | Horst Sachtleben |
| 1, 2, 3, 5 | Ole Jorgensen | Mr. Whitecat | Ulrich Bernsdorf |
| 1 | Armand Meffre | Don Gino Carmelo | Paul Bürks |
| 1 | Nello Pazzafini | Mobster | Norbert Gastell |
| 1 | Antonino Licausi | Surricido | |
| 1 | Susan Marshall | Lilli Buonocore | |
| 1 | Armando Marra | Francesco Locurato | |
| 1 | Agnese Ricchi | Mrs. Locurato | |
| 2 | Raimund Harmstorf | Vasco | Raimund Harmstorf |
| 2 | Jacques Sernas | Prince Don Pietro of Roccaferro | Joachim Höppner |
| 2 | Mario Pilar | Leo Voltera | Franz Rudnick |
| 3 | Ursula Andress | Susy Kaminski | Dagmar Heller |
| 3 | Paul Guers | Philippe Brossard | Reinhard Glemnitz |
| 3 | Michel Albertini | Tony Cilento | |
| 3 | Jean Boissery | Louis Meller | |
| 3 | Ines Des Longchamps | Marielle Mazel | |
| 3 | Bernard Woringer | Commissaire Yves Lucas | |
| 3 | Jean-Claude Braquet | Marcel Vibert | |
| 3 | Bruno Di Luia | Alfons Calet | |
| 3 | Guy Di Rigo | André | |
| 3 | Catherine Lesnoff | Elaine | |
| 3 | Brigitte Manuceau | Marthe Brossard | |
| 3 | John Rico | Martin | |
| 3 | Woo Manchini | Juliette | |
| 4th | John Steiner | zebra | Frank Schröder |
| 4th | Isabel Russinova | Edith Fenoglia | Manuela Renard |
| 4th | Natalino Libralesso | Francesco Guidi | |
| 4th | Jean-Paul Muel | Dr Christiani | |
| 4th | Donald Hudson | Dr.Degrune | |
| 4th | Sandro Moretti | Dr Nardi | |
| 4th | Mario Erpichini | general | |
| 4th | Vanni Materassi | general | |
| 4th | Domenico Fiore | Fred | |
| 5 | Pascale Roberts | Mado | Maddalena Kerrh |
| 5 | Venantino Venantini | Pierre Legrand | Fred Maire |
| 5 | Michel Constantin | Xavier Baudin | Fred Klaus |
| 5 | Jean Badin | Clay tone | |
| 5 | Pierre Hatet | Colonel Berthier | |
| 5 | Daniel Langlet | Daniel | |
| 5 | Géraldine Pailhas | Blanche | |
| 6th | Hartmut Becker | Dr. Alfred Merkl | Hartmut Becker |
| 6th | Josef Fröhlich | Werner Kraus | Josef Fröhlich |
| 6th | Claus Ringer | Dr. Wolf D. Roth | Claus Ringer |
| 6th | Claus Seibel | news reporter | Leon Rainer |
| 6th | Mimmo Seppe | Ajello | |
| 6th | Maria Grazia Bon | Mrs. Krauss | |
| 6th | John Armstead | Hotel Employee | |
| 6th | Werner Asam | Hans | |
| 6th | Udo Weinberger | Merkl's assistant | |
| Spokesman for the summary (ZDF) | Klaus Kindler |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobias Hohman: Bud Spencer and Terence Hill - Two sky dogs with four fists , MPW-Verlag 2011, pp. 417, 548.
- ↑ VHS "Big Man - The Clan of Forgers" in the Spencer / Hill database
- ↑ a b c d episode list and broadcast dates on fernsehserien.de
- ↑ Excerpt from a television newspaper at retro-TV.de
- ↑ Big Man / Jack Clementi in the Spencer / Hill database
- ↑ Jack Clementi DVDs in the Spencer / Hill database
- ↑ Jack Clementi at Al! VE ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jack Clementi on IMDb
- ↑ Karl-Heinz Krolzyk in the German synchronous file
- ↑ Jack Clementi - a call is enough ... in the German dubbing file
