Miami Supercops (1985)

Director:

Bruno Corbucci

Writers:

Bruno Corbucci (writer) &
Luciano Vincenzoni (story)

Release Date:

12 December 1985 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead...

Plot Keywords:

Police

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Doug Bennett / Officer Jay Donell
Bud Spencer	...	Steve Forest / Officer L A Ray
C.B. Seay	...	Chief Tanney
William 'Bo' Jim	...	Charro
Ken Ceresne	...	Robert Delman / Ralph Duran
Jackie Castellano	...	Irene
C.V. Wood Jr.	...	Barkeeper
Richard Liberty	...	Joe Garret
Rhonda S. Lundstead	...	Anabella
Buffy Dee	...	Pancho
Michael Warren		(as Mike Warren)
José Chitwood Jr.
Luke Halpin	...	Leader of the thieves in the bus
Randy Warren
Artie Malesci	...	Puncher in night brawl
Bobby J. Foxworth	...	Puncher in night brawl
Mark Terrence Sowell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Taylor	...	Cop
Jay Amor	...	Long-haired puncher in warehouse (uncredited)
Giancarlo Bastianoni	...	Puncher (uncredited)
Harold Bergman	...	Police chief (uncredited)
Fred Buck	...	FBI man playing golf with Chief Tanney (uncredited)
Omar Caraballo	...	Desk Cop (uncredited)
William Conroy	...	Gangster (uncredited)
Alex Edlin	...	Puncher, knocked out by car door (uncredited)
Herb Goldstein	...	Weapon seller (uncredited)
Bob Gordon	...	(uncredited)
Joe Hess	...	Puncher with blue shirt, fighting with Charro (uncredited)
Mal Jones	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Lou Marsh	...	Fletcher (uncredited)
Emilio Messina	...	Big, strong puncher in warehouse (uncredited)
Ernest Robinson	...	Black puncher in night brawl (uncredited)
BoBo Wilson	...	Street thug (uncredited)
Jody Wilson	...	Mrs. Denniser, the veterinary (surgeon's wife) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bruno Corbucci

Writing credits
Bruno Corbucci		writer &
Luciano Vincenzoni		story and screenplay

Produced by
Josi W. Konski	....	line producer
Josi W. Konski	....	producer
Max Wolkoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Carmelo La Bionda
Michelangelo La Bionda

Cinematography by
Silvano Ippoliti

Film Editing by
Daniele Alabiso		(as Daniel Ballaby)

Production Design by
Klaus Kolb

Costume Design by
Franco Carretti		(as Frank Brown)

Makeup Department
Luciano Giustini	....	makeup artist (as Lucien St. Just)
Rudy Harris	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Vittorio Galiano	....	general manager (as Victor Gillespie)
Ricky Sacco	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Cold	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Alberto Doni	....	sound mixer
Lenney Hirschstritt	....	sound engineer

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	utility stunts
Joie Chitwood Jr.	....	stunt driver
Bobby J. Foxworth	....	stunts (as Bobby Foxworth)
Joe Hess	....	stunts
Artie Malesci	....	stunts
Mark Terrence Sowell	....	stunts
Mike Warren	....	car stunts coordinator
Randy Warren	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Fred Rogers	....	assistant camera
Ermanno Serto	....	still photographer (as Hermann Murphy)
Gary Thomas	....	key grip
Gaetano Valle	....	camera operator (as Nathaniel Valle)
Joe White	....	chief electrician

Other crew
Paul Costello	....	script supervisor (as Paul F. Costello)
Max Viller	....	production secretary
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)
Glauco Onorato	....	voice dubbing: Bud Spencer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Trans-Cinema TV
• Elpico

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• MV_Movies (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Millennium Storm (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Tien (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Veronica (2003) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)

Also Known As:

I poliziotti della 8a strada (Italy) (alternative title)
Poliziotti dell'ottava strada (Italy) (alternative title)
Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (USA)
Die Miami Cops (West Germany) [de]
Dos superpolicías en Miami (Spain) [es]
Les super-flics de Miami (France) [fr]
Miamin superkytät (Finland) [fi]
Oi super batsoi tou Miami (Greece) [el]
Os dois Super-Tiras em Miami (Brazil) [pt]
Supergliny z Miami (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

Norway:95 min | Sweden:93 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Company:

Trans-Cinema TV

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Shadow of boom mic visible when Steve Forest passes the information desk at the Miami Police station.

What a mess!

I've just watched this film having found a copy at my local video rental shop. I had to keep watching it because it was so funny. The acting, that is, not the film itself!! I've never seen anything so badly acted! Lines were said in monotone, every scene seemed to be lit by a single light casting shadows all over the place, and the sound effects were awful! Every punch sounds like a twig breaking! It also seems to be heavily dubbed/looped causing serious lip sync problems. The final shoot-out was an absolute joke! Why didn't the guy shoot him in the head once he realised he was wearing a bullet-proof vest?! I recommend this one if you want to have a good belly laugh at some seriously BAD acting and film making. This looks like an amateur production shot for about $10 one weekend!!