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.[1][2][3] It was the most popular film released in Hungary in 1981, with over 3 million admissions.[4]
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| Directed by | Steno |
| Written by | Massimo Franciosa Adriano Bolzoni Steno |
| Produced by | Merope Film |
| Starring | Bud Spencer Enzo Cannavale Angelo Infanti |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
| Edited by | Mario Morra |
| Music by | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
| Distributed by | Titanus Medusa Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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
