Flatfoot cleans up
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| German title | Flatfoot cleans up | ||
| Original title | Piedone a Hong Kong | ||
| Country of production | Italy | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1975 | ||
| length | 110 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Shorthand | ||
| script |
Lucio de Caro Stefano Vanzina Franco Verucci |
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| music | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis | ||
| camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | ||
| cut | Mario Morra | ||
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Flatfoot cleans up (original title: Piedone a Hong Kong , alternative German title: Flatfoot in Hong Kong and Buddy in Hong Kong ) was the second of four parts of the successful crime film series, in the center of which the plump, but peace-loving detective Manuele Rizzo - nickname Flatfoot - and his assistant Pedro Caputo stood.
The music for the film comes from Guido & Maurizio De Angelis , and the film premiered in Germany on June 26, 1975.
action
Detective Commissioner Rizzo takes action against drug trafficking in Naples . He is said to get support from the American drug search in the person of Sam Accardo. A planned undercover operation fails and the pressure on the Neapolitan police grows. Accardo suspects a leak in the police. When Rizzo's collar bursts and he wants to interview the city's drug lord, Willy Pastrone, he finds him murdered. After the inspector himself comes under suspicion, he has to try to find the culprit and the mafia contact with the police in order to clear his name.
To make matters worse, a certain Frank Barella appears from America. This is a notorious criminal with good contacts, whom the Americans deport to Naples. The paths of him and Rizzo will then cross several times.
Rizzo learns from dealer Tom Ferramenti that the contact man - who is said to be the only one who knows the leak - is in Thailand . So the Commissioner is off to Bangkok . Through the contact mentioned by Ferramenti, he meets three mysterious Chinese, whom he claims to be Pastrone's successors. He is offered a large number of drugs - unfortunately he does not learn anything about the big boss. However, he is given another contact in Hong Kong called "bamboo cane". Rizzo also meets Barella, who is tied up by the three, who is probably following the same lead and who is also looking for a contact to smuggle a large load of drugs through Naples. After a fight, he lets the three dealers go off and they are arrested.
Rizzo's next route is to Hong Kong. A restaurant is named to him as a meeting point with "bamboo cane". There he does not meet the contact - but again on Barella. Both are attacked there by henchmen of the drug dealers. Barella and Rizzo then team up and search for "bamboo cane" together. This turns out to be a petite woman with her little son Yoko. She is, however, killed by the drug cartel before they meet them. Her friend Yamato - a sumo wrestler - is also murdered before Rizzo can question him.
Then coincidence helps Rizzo: At the port of Hong Kong he meets the man who was supposed to lead him to "bamboo cane". He follows him to a casino in Macau . There another brawl ensues, as a result of which Rizzo is arrested. Barella is also arrested at the same time. Then Accardo shows up in Macau to arrest them both and bring them to Italy. Rizzo was put in a prison in Naples , but thanks to many prisoners he knew only too well, he was able to escape.
Meanwhile, Rizzo suspects who the leak is. Barella now turns out to be an FBI agent, which Rizzo had known for a long time, as he was always released from prison far too quickly. Both set a trap for the traitor: It is Sam Accardo, who also has Pastrone on his conscience. Rizzo takes Yoko in because the boy is now an orphan.
background
It was decided to have the sequel to the successful first Flatfoot film played in Hong Kong in order to benefit from the success of the Bruce Lee film, Greetings from Shanghai . Stuntmen who had already worked with Bruce Lee were also used. In contrast to previous films, Bud Spencer was not dubbed in the original version and can be heard with his own Neapolitan accent.
German version
The German dubbing was created in 1975 in the studios of Deutsche Synchron Film GmbH Berlin . Karlheinz Brunnemann and Arne Elsholtz were responsible for the dialogue book . Elsholtz also directed. As in the previous Flatfoot film, Bud Spencer was spoken by Wolfgang Hess again .
Speaker:
| actor | character | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Bud Spencer | Commissioner Manuele Rizzo | Wolfgang Hess |
| Al Lettieri | Frank Barella | Michael Chevalier |
| Enzo Cannavale | Pedro Caputo | Friedrich W. Building School |
| Renato Scarpa | Commissioner Morabito | Lothar Blumhagen |
| Francesco de Rosa | "Goldhand" | Arne Elsholtz |
| Robert Webber | Sam Accardo | Heinz Petruo |
| Enzo Maggio | Gennarino | Hans F. Wilhelm |
| Dominic Barto | Tom Ferramenti | Jürgen Thormann |
Reviews
"Conversation with and for Bud Spencer in clothes."
DVD release
The film was released on DVD on March 3, 2005 by Paramount . In 2013 a new edition was published by Universum on DVD with an improved picture. The Blu-ray released at the same time also offers an HD version of the film in Germany for the first time.
Web links
- Flatfoot cleans up in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bud Spencer: My Life, My Films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2011, pp. 163–165.
- ↑ Flatfoot clears up the German dubbing files
- ↑ Flatfoot clears up. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .