- Source: Flatfoot in Egypt
Piedone d'Egitto (internationally released as Flatfoot in Egypt and Flatfoot on the Nile) is a 1980 Italian "poliziottesco"-comedy film directed by Steno and starring Bud Spencer. It is the fourth and last chapter in the "Flatfoot" film series. It is preceded by Flatfoot, Flatfoot in Hong Kong and Flatfoot in Africa. It was the most popular film released in Hungary in 1981, with over 3 million admissions.
Plot
The Neapolitan Commissioner Rizzo, said "Flatfoot", leaves to Egypt; a major Italian scientist has disappeared. The man in fact, before the kidnapping, was doing a research on the oil fields in Egypt, and a gang of criminals had put on his trail to get their hands on his projects. Flatfoot, who arrives in the land of the pharaohs, discovers that the scientist is kidnapped because he has realized that a particular beetle is attracted by land oilfields and nests on them. Now that the criminals have in hand the research of the scientist, Flatfoot sets out in search of them ...
Cast
Bud Spencer as Insp. 'Flatfoot' Rizzo
Enzo Cannavale as Caputo
Baldwin Dakile as Bodo
Robert Loggia as Edward Burns
Angelo Infanti as Hassan
Cinzia Monreale as Connie Burns
Leopoldo Trieste as Professor Cerullo
Karl-Otto Alberty as The Swede
Adel Adham as Elver Zakar
Mahmoud Kabil as Lt. Kebir
Riccardo Pizzuti as Salvatore Coppola
Giovanni Cianfriglia
References
External links
Flatfoot in Egypt at IMDb