Flatfoot in Africa

Piedone l'africano (Flatfoot in Africa)

Directed by	Steno
Produced by	Laser Rialto Film
Written by	Steno, Giovanni Simonelli, Franco Verucci
Starring	Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale, Dagmar Lassander
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Cinematography	Alberto Spagnoli
Edited by	Mario Morra
Distributed by	Titanus, Medusa Film
Running time	108 min
Country	Italy - South Africa
Language	Italian

Piedone l'africano (internationally released as Flatfoot in Africa, Knock-Out Cop and The K.O. Cop) is a 1978 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Steno. It is the third and penultimate chapter in the "Flatfoot" film series.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot summary

A trail of illicit diamonds takes Flatfoot and his acquaintance, Naples police commissioner Caputo, from Johannesburg to Swakopmund in the hopes of breaking up a South African smuggling ring. They are joined by Bodo, an African child, and confounded in their search by corrupt mining officials and an antagonistic inspector in the South-West African police.

Cast

Bud Spencer: Insp. 'Flatfoot' Rizzo
Enzo Cannavale: Caputo
Werner Pochath: Spiros
Joe Stewardson: Smollet
Carel Trichardt: captain Muller
Dagmar Lassander: Margy Connors
Desmond Thompson: Inspector Desmond
Baldwin Dakile: Bodo
Antonio Allocca
Giovanni Cianfriglia

References

↑ Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. pp. 176–177.
↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 88-6073-626-9.

External links

Flatfoot in Africa at the Internet Movie Database

Flatfoot films

Flatfoot (1973) Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975) Flatfoot in Africa (1978) Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)

Films directed by Steno

A Night of Fame (1949)
A Dog's Life (1950)
È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
Toto and the King of Rome (1952)
Toto and the Women (1952)
Totò a colori (1952)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
Cinema d'altri tempi (1953)
Un giorno in pretura (1953)
Un americano a Roma (1954)
Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1954)
The Letters Page (1955)
Nero's Weekend (1956)
Femmine tre volte (1957)
Susanna Whipped Cream (1957)
Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958)
Toto in the Moon (1958)
Toto in Madrid (1959)
The Overtaxed (1959)
Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
Un militare e mezzo (1960)
Letto a tre piazze (1960)
Some Like It Cold (1960)
Psycosissimo (1961)
Musketeers of the Sea (1961)
La ragazza di mille mesi (1961)
The Two Colonels (1962)
Totò Diabolicus (1962)
Copacabana Palace (1962)
Toto vs. the Four (1963)
Heroes of the West (1964)
I gemelli del Texas (1964)
A Monster and a Half (1964)
Letti sbagliati (1965)
Rose rosse per Angelica (1965)
Love Italian Style (1966)
The Crazy Kids of the War (1967)
How to Kill 400 Duponts (1967)
Caprice Italian Style (1967)
Il trapianto (1969)
Gang War (1971)
The Blonde in the Blue Movie (1971)
Execution Squad (1971)
Il terrore con gli occhi storti (1972)
L'uccello migratore (1972)
My Brother Anastasia (1973)
Flatfoot (1973)
Policewoman (1974)
Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1974)
The Boss and the Worker (1975)
Febbre da cavallo (1976)
L'Italia s'è rotta (1976)
Three Tigers Against Three Tigers (1977)
Double Murder (1977)
Flatfoot in Africa (1978)
Amori miei (1978)
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)
La patata bollente (1979)
Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Fico d'India (1980)
Quando la coppia scoppia (1981)
Il tango della gelosia (1981)
Dio li fa e poi li accoppia (1982)
Banana Joe (1982)
Sballato, gasato, completamente fuso (1982)
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style (1982)
Mani di fata (1983)
Mi faccia causa (1984)
Animali metropolitani (1987)
Big Man (1987)

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