Flatfoot in Egypt

Piedone d'Egitto (Flatfoot in Egypt)
Directed by	Steno
Written by	Massimo Franciosa Adriano Bolzoni Steno
Produced by	Merope Film
Starring	Bud Spencer Enzo Cannavale Angelo Infanti
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by	Mario Morra
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Distributed by	Titanus Medusa Film
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Piedone d'Egitto (internationally released as Flatfoot in Egypt and Flatfoot on the Nile) is a 1980 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Steno and starring Bud Spencer. It is the fourth and last chapter in the "Flatfoot" film series. It is preceded by Flatfoot , Flatfoot in Hong Kong and Flatfoot in Africa . ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was the most popular film released in Hungary in 1981, with over 3 million admissions. ^[4]

Plot

The Neapolitan Commissioner Rizzo, aka "Flatfoot", leaves for Egypt to search for a major Italian scientist who has disappeared. The scientist was doing a research on the oil fields in Egypt when a gang of criminals kidnapped him. Now Flatfoot must find him.

Cast

• Bud Spencer as Insp. 'Flatfoot' Rizzo
• Enzo Cannavale as Caputo
• Baldwin Dakile as Bodo
• Robert Loggia as Edward Burns
• Angelo Infanti as Hassan
• Cinzia Monreale as Connie Burns
• Leopoldo Trieste as Professor Cerullo
• Karl-Otto Alberty as The Swede
• Adel Adham as Elver Zakar
• Mahmoud Kabil as Lt. Kebir
• Riccardo Pizzuti as Salvatore Coppola
• Giovanni Cianfriglia
• Percy Hogan

References

1. Roberto Curti. Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006. pp. 176–177.
2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.
3. Paolo Mereghetti (2010). Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-88-6073-626-0.
4. https://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/ccikkek/2010/02/28/avi ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

• Flatfoot in Egypt at IMDb