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It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kassler's aide captures them, and arranges for them to escape with fake war plans. But, things don't go exactly as planned for either side.
Keywords
italian american
italy
world war ii
prisoner of war
nazi officer
madcap comedy
north africa
secret weapon
american soldiers
adventure comedy
Casts
Franco Franchi
Frank Scordia
Ciccio Ingrassia
Joe Acampora
Buster Keaton
Gen. von Kassler
Fred Clark
Gen. Zacharias
Martha Hyer
Lt. Inge Schultze
Franco Ressel
Col. Jaeger
Tommaso Alvieri
Barbara Loy
Inger
Alessandro Sperli
Alfredo Adami
German High-Ranking Officer
Ennio Antonelli
von Kassler's Driver
Renato Chiantoni
Uncle Luigi
Willi Colombini
(as Willy Colombini)
Consalvo Dell'Arti
Ignazio Dolce
Gustavo Fragano
Gianfranco Freisteiner
Gianni Manera
German High-Ranking Officer
Luciano Pigozzi
German High-Ranking Officer
Angelo Santi
Lino Banfi
Cigar Smoking German Soldier (uncredited)
Geoffrey Copleston
American High-Ranking Officer (uncredited)
Veriano Ginesi
Stage Worker (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Stage Worker (uncredited)
Alessandro Tedeschi
Nazi officer committing suicide (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
Nazi Soldier in Africa (uncredited)
Crews
Luigi Scattini
Director
Franco Castellano
Screenplay
Pipolo
Screenplay
Fausto Zuccoli
Director of Photography
Piero Umiliani
Original Music Composer
Mauro Sacripanti
First Assistant Director
Giancarlo Ferrando
Assistant Camera
Guglielmo Vincioni
Assistant Camera
Titi Efrade
Makeup Artist
Lucio Zarini
Unit Manager
Maurizio Marvisi
Production Secretary
Vittorio Vighi
Dialogue
Fulvio Lucisano
Idea
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Renato Cinquini
Editor
Gastone Carsetti
Production Design
Ugo Pericoli
Costume Design
Antonio Girasante
Production Manager
Bruno Moreal
Sound
Ludovico Scardella
Sound
Vitantonio Ricci
Special Effects
Federico Zanni
Camera Operator
Romana Fortini
Assistant Editor
Lucio Romeo
Script Supervisor
Rosalba Scavia
Script Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters
