Poliziotto superpiù (1980)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Robert Brodie Booth (dialogue)
Sabatino Ciuffini (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Faster than a speeding ticket. More powerful than a SWAT team. And up, up and away the funniest super hero of them all!

Plot:

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear | Police | Walk On Water | Police Chopper | Hit In The Face

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Policeman Dave Speed
Ernest Borgnine	...	Sgt. Willy Dunlop
Joanne Dru	...	Rosy Labouche
Marc Lawrence	...	Torpedo
Julie Gordon	...	Evelyn
Lee Sandman	...	McEnroy
Sal Borgese	...	Paradise Alley
Woody Woodbury	...	NASA Major
Dow Stout
Herb Goldstein	...	Silvius
Sergio Smacchi	...	Slot Machine
Don Sebastian	...	Dingo
Claudio Ruffini	...	Tragedy Row
Jack McDermott
Charles D. Thomas

Also Known As:

Super Snooper (Italy) (UK) (video title)
El superpoderoso (Spain)
Super Fuzz (USA)
Supersnooper (Australia)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min | Netherlands:107 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA | Spain | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:T | Iceland:12 | West Germany:6 (f) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (1980) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

El Pico S.A.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Willy and Dave are rising from the sunken boat to the surface on the bubblegum balloon you can see droplets falling off Willy's chin, proving he is not really under water.

Quotes:

Willy Dunlop: Now I'm not saying they weren't counterfit fish, but even if they were, there's no law against it. Or is there?
The Chief: You're the one who gave him only five minutes to get here.
Willy Dunlop: Well, then he's got an answering service! That's what he's got!
Dave Speed: That's not true, Sarge.

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) (V)

Super Fuzz Is Still My Name

I remember first watching this film way back when it was in heavy rotation on HBO in the early 80s. This was long before I discovered Terence Hill's Spaghetti Westerns like My Name Is Nobody and his Trinity films. I certainly didn't know anything about Sergio Corbucci's impressive body of work. What I did know was that Terence Hill and Ernest Borgnine made for a lot of laughs. The film was never meant to be taken seriously. That should be obvious from the title alone. It's a parody. It's slapstick. It's fun.

If you're not into that sort of thing you probably won't like the film. Of course, if you're not into that sort of thing I don't know why you'd be watching a film called Super Fuzz to begin with.

If you have a sense of humor and enjoy films like Police Academy and Trinity, you'll probably enjoy Super Fuzz.