Banana Joe

Banana Joe

14.12. 11:45
Film+
105 minutes
1982
Italy / West Germany Action / Adventure / Comedy

Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.

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About show

Czech
1982
Italy / West Germany Action / Adventure / Comedy

Bud Spencer plays Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port (hence his name). One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe (in typical direct-approach manner) evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat taken away and himself arrested for illegal shipment. Joe travels to the nearest city, which to him is a new world, as he grew up in the rainforest.

Creators

Maurizio De Angelis, Gunther Philipp, Guido De Angelis, Mario Amendola, Steno

Cast

Eolo Capritti, Paolo Figlia, Benito Pacifico, Nello Pazzafini, Marcello Verziera, Mario Scarpetta, Gisela Hahn, Salvatore Basile, James Ordonez, Gianfranco Barra, Bud Spencer, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Gunther Philipp, Sergio Smacchi, Carlo Reali, Giorgio Bracardi, Marina Langner, Enzo Garinei, Claudio Pacifico, Edy Biagetti