After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in Cacopoulus' revenge against the people who deserted him and framed him to get their money back.
Acting
Eli Wallach's grinning chaos agent outshines Hill & Spencer.
Score
Morricone at his most playful and propulsive.
Direction
Colizzi stages a casino heist that rivals the best.
Director
Giuseppe Colizzi
Eli Wallach
Cacopoulos
Terence Hill
Cat Stevens
Bud Spencer
Hutch Bessy
Brock Peters
Thomas
Kevin McCarthy
Drake
Livio Lorenzon
Paco Rosa
Steffen Zacharias
Harold
Armando Bandini
Bank Manager
Remo Capitani
Cangaceiro
Federico Boido
Drake's Henchman
Isa Foster
Cacopoulos' Woman
Bruno Corazzari
Charlie
Dante Cleri
Card-Playing Banker
Aldo Sala
Casino Employee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the second of three Colizzi films pairing Hill and Spencer; Wallach replaced the original actor two days into shooting.
The casino sequence influenced Tarantino's 'Jackie Brown' structure — three criminals who can't stop screwing each other over.
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