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Banana Joe

Year:

1982

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Steno

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1982-03-25

Filming Locations: Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

Cast

Actor

Character

Bud Spencer

Marina Langner

Dorianne

Mario Scarpetta

Manuel

Gianfranco Barra

Torcillo

Enzo Garinei

Engineer Moreno

Gunther Philipp

Sarto (as Gunter Philipp)

Giorgio Bracardi

Sergente Martino

Gisela Hahn

Woman in Perfume Advertisement (as Gisela Hann)

Nello Pazzafini

Torcillo's Truck Driver

Carlo Reali

Police Captain

Salvatore Basile

Police Officer (as Salvo Basile)

Edy Biagetti

Club's Manager

Giovanni Cianfriglia

Torcillo's Thug

Benito Pacifico

Torcillo's Thug

Sergio Smacchi

Torcillo's Thug

Marcello Verziera

Torcillo's Thug

Gabriel Aljure

(uncredited)

Eolo Capritti

General (uncredited)

Nicola Di Gioia

Prison Guard (uncredited)

James Ordonez

Sergio (uncredited)

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Trivia

The shot of the 1976 Renault 12 car that flew through the air was a special effects shot, rather fake, and was not a real vehicle, and has been said to more resemble a Mercedes W116.

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Director Steno and actor Bud Spencer previously had collaborated on four "Flatfoot" film franchise movies in the 1970s. "Banana Joe" was their fifth and final theatrical feature film though the two later collaborated on a number of 1988 "Big Man" tele-movies.

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The character of Banana Joe (Bud Spencer) was so called because he distributes bananas to a South American port by way of a "Banana Boat".

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Goofs

During the truck racing scene, obvious miniatures are used for the off-road crash shots.

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