Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writers:

Enzo Barboni (screenplay)
Enzo Barboni (story)

Release Date:

1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Al Capone... Get lost! Dillinger... Phooey on you! Here come the funniest crooks since crime began!

Plot:

Two nice guys, a wrestler (Bud Spencer) and an Ice-cream vendor (Giuliano Gemma) are mistaken for dangerous killers by an important local gangster...

Plot Keywords:

Mob | Italian Food | Beans | 1920s | Wrestling

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Giuliano Gemma	...	Sonny
Bud Spencer	...	Charlie Smith
Robert Middleton	...	Angelo
Ricardo Palmerola
Víctor Israel	...	Giudà
Lara Sender	...	Gerace's Wife
Bill Vanders	...	Inspector Mackintosh
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Angelo's Right Hand
Steffen Zacharias	...	Gerace
George Rigaud	...	Senator O'Riordan (as Jorge Rigaud)
Richard Kolin		(as Jose Coscolin)
César Ojinaga		(as Cesar Ojinaga)
Francy Fair	...	Gerace's Daughter
Fortunato Arena	...	Policeman
Enrico Chiappafreddo		(as Enrico Chiappafredda)

Also Known As:

Even Angels Eat Beans (Canada: English title)
Les anges mangent aussi des fayots (France)
También los ángeles comen judías (Spain)
Även änglar äter bönor (Sweden) [sv]
2 angeloi tou samata (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Al Capone enantion trinita (Greece) [el]
Auch die Engel essen Bohnen (West Germany) [de]
Der Dicke in Amerika (West Germany) [de]
Even Angels Eat Beans (Denmark) (video title) [da]
Meidän gangstereiden kesken (Finland) [fi]
Tha ginei tou trinita to kangelo (Greece) (reissue title) [el]

Runtime:

118 min | USA:111 min

Country:

Italy | France | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Spain:T | Germany:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Tritone Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Featured in Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (2000) (TV)

Enzo Barboni goes Godfather

Enzo Barboni, who had previously done Lo chiamavano Trinità and...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill stray's from the Western genre with this film and attempts a Mob-comedy with this film. Now I've only seen the dubbed German version of this film, but I must say it works pretty well. In the beginning I wasn't too sure though, as the beginning was quite stupid (the ninja-stuff). But the film grew better as it went on and once it had gained some momentum, it was able to keep it until the ending, despite the fact that the fighting scenes were not too original and had been already seen in a similar way in films like Più forte, ragazzi! And the Trinity/Bambino films. Having said that, I'd like to conclude with saying that although this film is neither as great as the previosly mentioned Western-comedies with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer nor as good as Più forte, ragazzi! or Lo chiamavano Bulldozer, it still is pretty enjoyable and it sure as hell beats E poi lo chiamarono il magnifico which Barboni made in 1972 with Terence Hill.

7 out of 10