10.090 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestA group of boy scouts finds gold in the river near the mission of San Rolando. News gets to unscrupulous businessman Alfonso Santillana, who tries to evict the mission and take the gold for himself. While "Fathers" Orso and Zach take up the fight to save San Rolando, it is also the opportunity for Orso to settle an old score with Santillana, who was the one who put him behind the bars with false accusation ten years prior.
Bob and Joe are two prisoners locked up in the Latin American maximum security prison of Santa Consuelo. The two manage to escape during an attack by the revolutionaries commanded by Napoleon Duarte and pretend to be friars, taking refuge in the mission of San Rolando. In the mission, in which monks and Indians live in harmony, the two escapees become Father Orso and Father Zaccaria and win the affection of all.
Acting
Bud Spencer's deadpan comedy gold.
Production
Surprisingly lush Latin American locations.
Creators
Giuseppe Pedersoli, Sandro Moretti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Philip Michael Thomas's first major role after Miami Vice ended in 1989.
Part of a wave of Italian miniseries recycling Spencer/Hill archetypes without Terence Hill present.
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