Tomas Milian takes his place on the world stage, in a film that retains all the Roman gags, slapstick genius and pure adrenaline that made him famous
Tomas Milian temporarily renounces detective films and his legendary Monnezza character for a brief transfer to the Middle East. But his fans have nothing to worry about, because the team behind this film is composed of his habitual partners in crime: Bruno Corbucci behind the camera and Mario Amendola behind the typewriter. The actor unleashes all his proverbial Trastevere wisdom, as he makes the jump from the suburbs of Rome to the Sheik’s royal palace with enviable ease, and as always his coarse language is paired with moments of pure slapstick genius. Add into the mix a handful of beautiful women straight out of glossy magazines, a spy mystery and some adrenaline-fuelled action scenes, and what you get is a sense of perfect continuity with Milian’s policing adventures so beloved by his many fans.
Luigi Panacchioni, of a father unknown, lives in poverty with his mother and dreams of opening a petrol station. As a result of an extraordinary series of events, he finds himself mixed up in an international mystery involving petroleum companies. In reality, someone has discovered that poor Panacchioni is the son of a sick old sheik, who as far as he is aware has no male heir…
Tomas Milian takes his place on the world stage, in a film that retains all the Roman gags, slapstick genius and pure adrenaline that made him famous
Tomas Milian temporarily renounces detective films and his legendary Monnezza character for a brief transfer to the Middle East. But his fans have nothing to worry about, because the team behind this film is composed of his habitual partners in crime: Bruno Corbucci behind the camera and Mario Amendola behind the typewriter. The actor unleashes all his proverbial Trastevere wisdom, as he makes the jump from the suburbs of Rome to the Sheik’s royal palace with enviable ease, and as always his coarse language is paired with moments of pure slapstick genius. Add into the mix a handful of beautiful women straight out of glossy magazines, a spy mystery and some adrenaline-fuelled action scenes, and what you get is a sense of perfect continuity with Milian’s policing adventures so beloved by his many fans.
Luigi Panacchioni, of a father unknown, lives in poverty with his mother and dreams of opening a petrol station. As a result of an extraordinary series of events, he finds himself mixed up in an international mystery involving petroleum companies. In reality, someone has discovered that poor Panacchioni is the son of a sick old sheik, who as far as he is aware has no male heir…
