Flatfoot in Africa

Flatfoot in Africa

1978 · 115 min · ★ 6.2 · Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.

Directed by Steno · Written by Adriano Bolzoni

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