Banana Joe (1982)
ジャンル : アクション, コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 36分
演出 : Steno
脚本 : Steno, Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci, Bud Spencer
シノプシス
Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.
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In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
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The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. However there is no one - wife, Mafia associates or mother - willing to part with the $200,000 ransom. Demonico is dismayed that no one appears unduly concerned about his fate and joins forces with the kidnappers to plot his revenge, blackmailing his once nearest and dearest into parting with $3,000,000 in hush money.
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1920年代のニューヨーク。仲間と悪事の数々を働いていた少年ヌードルスはある日、マックスと運命的な出会いを果たす。そして彼らは禁酒法の隙間をぬって荒稼ぎを続け、ギャング集団として頭角を現わしていった。だがある時、ヌードルスは無謀な計画を立てたマックスを裏切り、マックスは警察に殺されてしまう。30年後、未だ自責の念に駆られるヌードルスは、ある一通の手紙を受け、久々にニューヨークへ戻って来た。
スタンフォード大学心理学部ではある実験をするため、被験者となってくれる男性を公募した。集まった20名ほどの被験者は無作為に「看守役」と「囚人役」に分けられ、学内に設けられた模擬刑務所に収容された。初めはそれぞれの役を演じるだけの簡単なアルバイトと誰もが考えていた。しかし、実験が進むうち、「看守役」の攻撃的な振る舞いはどんどんエスカレートしていく。それに対して、「囚人役」は卑屈に服従するのみで、まったく抗議できなくなっていく。いつしか、模擬刑務所内は単なる実験の枠組みを越えて、もはや誰にも制御不能の状態に陥っていく……。
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神父と教師の2人の西洋人が、ルワンダの大虐殺の渦中に身を置き、道徳的なジレンマに直面する。彼らは自らを危険にさらして難民を保護するのか、それとも命をかけて国外に脱出するのか。実話を基にした作品。
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A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
アーノルド・シュワルツェネッガー主演の豪快なSFアクション。極秘任務を与えられた元FBI捜査官が、巨大な暗黒街を取り仕切る悪の組織の陰謀を打ち砕く。ド派手なアクションが見モノ。
アメリカのとある町で、一人の女性が自宅で変死体となって発見された。残された手がかりはキッチンに飛び散っていたトマトのみ。しかしそれは恐るべき事件の幕開けにすぎなかった…。
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money.
After Doug picks up hitchhiking Rosco with his truck, they are mistaken for two bank robbers by the traffic police. They manage to escape only to be confused for two secret agents while trying to take a flight at the airport.
In Africa, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian zoos. Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang.
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Two nice guys, a wrestler and an Ice-cream vendor are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster, whose nickname is Sorriso. With the help of many coincidences they play along with Sorriso "working" for him, just to survive, but, when they receive the order to butcher the components of a very indigent family they are unmasked.
A stuntman and a saxophonist stand in for two billionaires threatened by killers.
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.
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A bumbling government agent recruits a trucker whose gambling knowledge can help crack an illegal Florida operation.
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While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia)
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
LAPD Captain Parker finally is going on Holiday with all his family. At the last moment he has to cancel the program to re-capture a pilferer named Tony Roma, bad copy of a Latin lover. He use to seduce older women and then steals their jewelry. Parker is close to sort the case out when Roma is witness of a Mafia murder. Parker Holiday flies away.
