Lucio Fulci made a COMEDY? About stealing nukes? With two guys named Franco and Ciccio? Buckle up.
Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.
Direction
Fulci's only pure comedy—before he became the Godfather of Gore.
Writing
Villain named Dr. Yes, spy named James Bomb. Subtlety died here.
Director
Lucio Fulci
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Fulci's desperate attempt to escape TV work—he later called it 'a mistake I survived.'
Franco and Ciccio were Italy's answer to Abbott & Costello, cranking out 100+ films together—this nuke-heist was their peak budget project.
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