The best movies of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill have an exemplary friendship not only in the movie but also in real life. Two old friends have appeared together in a total of 17 works. Despite the fact that their works are 30-40 years old, they are still among the most watched shows. If a channel broadcasts it, success is guaranteed. It appeals to a man about to retire in a similar way to a small child just learning the eighth letter of the Hungarian ABC alphabet. Bud Spencer and Terence Hill are now legends… In fact, our top list can contain all the movies, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Our ranking presents our 10 favorite movies in a few lines.
10. Troublemakers (1994)
Moses (Bud Spencer) is one of the wild west’s most skilled and ferocious bounty hunters. He tries to support his large family with this glorious profession. He can use the $5,000 placed on the head of the corrupt Sam Stone (Boots Southerland). His brother Travis (Terence Hill), whom he doesn’t really like, suddenly shows up at Moses’ house. Moses wanted to get rid of his brother’s company, but he couldn’t give it up. In addition, they often clash. The capture of Sam Stone also did not go smoothly, as he always managed to get the two brothers through.
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This is the only Bud Spencer and Terence Hill film directed by Terence Hill. The last joint film of the legendary Italian duo. István Bujtor, who has also become a legend, is called Bud Spencer for the last time in this movie. When the film was made, Bud Spencer was 65 years old, while Terence Hill was 55 years old.
9. Supercops (Miami Supercops, 1985)
Seven years later, a newly released bank robber is found dead in Miami. With the police powerless, two FBI agents take over the investigation. All the talent of Forest and Bennet is needed to track down the millions of dollars that have been missing for seven years and the culprit who hid this money.
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This is the last work that the couple collaborated with director Bruno Corbucci. While Superhekus may not be as popular as other similar works, it certainly has a place on our list. After all the acting couple’s roles became hit movies, the new generation also started to discover this product – precisely because of the different plot structure in which the logic and things are different. Inspectors play a larger role and fight less.
8. Pressure after! (Go for it, 1983)
Mixing humor and suspense, the film is made in the style of today’s classic couple, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Rosco, a handsome, unemployed, attractive girl, occasionally entertains herself and those around her with ventriloquism. He was hitchhiking along the road when he was almost run over by a truck. He rushed to the nearest pub, where the truck driver is believed to have been laid to rest. Drinking here is Doug, a seasoned adventurer who isn’t afraid of his own shadow or a bit of a fight. You don’t have to wait long, the first slaps will be done soon.
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The film was shot in English, and although Terence Hill and Bud Spencer both speak Italian, they were voiced by Pino Locchi and Glauco Onorato in the Italian version. In production directed by EB Clucher, the yellow car was a 1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III.
7. Kincs, ami nincs (Whoever finds you finds treasure, 1981)
Alan (Terence Hill) wants the treasure at any cost. Luckily, he found a map marking a treasure on a nearby island. But how to achieve that? Charlie (Bud Spencer) is hiding on the adventurer’s ship and fooling the compass, steers the ship towards the island. Of course, it wasn’t hard for Charlie to find the passengers on the one-person boat, but soon they were both submerged in water. To Charlie’s dismay, they are forced to swim to the island, where they befriend the islanders, the friendly and cheerful queen and her beautiful daughters, who lead them to the location. indicated on the map. The only problem is the “legendary treasure” guarded by Kamasuka (John Fujioka), a samurai that has been forgotten there since the Second World War.
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Strange, but the movie has three English titles: “A Friend Is a Treasure”, “Keep your hands off the Island” and “Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure”. This Bud Spencer and Terence Hill production didn’t show in US cinemas, but it still generated huge sales in Europe. The film is popular mainly in Germany and Italy, but it also achieved very good ratings in smaller countries, such as ours.
6. All in, boys! (Piu forte, ragazzi!, 1973)
An old, small plane hovers over the airport’s runway. His wing was smoking when the brake broke. An emergency landing was inevitable and the plane crashed into the side of the hangar. Fire trucks and ambulances are rushing to assist pilots in trouble with sirens. That is, that they will hurry. The two drivers did not lose a hair during the adventure, they tied the first car with a smile.
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This is the duo’s first film set in modern times, proving that they’re more than just spaghetti westerns. This paved the way for later hits like We Get Angry Other, Bündászók or Kincs, which weren’t there. It was also published in Hungary in 1992 under the title Gémántvádászok.
5. No two zero four (Non c’c due senza quattro, 1984)
Greg and Eliot first met because of a strange job offer. For a million dollars each, they had to replace two Rio millionaires who had recently received death threats. The job doesn’t seem difficult: two cool guys are copies of two millionaires. Some problems still arise: Greg and Eliot can’t stand each other from the very first moment. However, for a million dollars, they thought they would be willing to endure the situation for a week. Of course, the outside world could not help but be a little surprised when two elegant, quiet millionaires suddenly turned into big noses and big mouths in just a short time.
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In the film, both Bud Spencer and Terence Hill were identical twins, so the two actors had to play double roles. Interestingly, this was the last time Enzo Barloni directed a film where the two acting legends starred together. The production was filmed in Rio de Janeiro.
4. Crime Stoppers (1976)
Wilbur Walsh (Bud Spencer) and Matt Kirby (Terence Hill) wander around the harbor trying to find work. But the odd couple didn’t have much luck: instead of work, they had to comfort themselves by blowing up some local thugs and a few cars. So they decide to rob a supermarket, but operations go awry; they broke into the door of the local police station instead of the back entrance of the store. To avoid arrest, they impersonated the police. On the side of the law, they are not fooling themselves either: amid the current series of slaps, they begin an investigation into the mysterious death of a Chinese man, and in the meantime, they want to fix the jaw. and other things. body parts of the bad guys in the area, paralyzed by a blow.
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This product by Bud Spencer and Terence Hill also has three English titles: “Crime Busters”, “Trinity: In Trouble Again” and “Two Supercops”. Although the film was mainly shot in the US, they went back to Italy to shoot an interior scene. The bowling alley wrestling was also filmed in Rome over seven days. During filming, Hill suffered a minor head injury and had to stop filming for a while.
3. Otherwise we will be angry (1973)
Kid (Terence Hill) and Ben (Bud Spencer) are preparing for a race in the desert, but someone is determined to stop their victory. While they prove their mettle in a beer and sausage contest, a local criminal gang destroys their car. The funniest wrestlers in cinematic history don’t leave the incident without revenge, and even their vehicles need to be replaced.
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This was the first joint film by Bud Spencer and Terence Hill to be shown in cinemas in Hungary, it was a huge success at the time, it was in full theater for weeks. The film version was subtitled, and then two Hungarian dubs were made for it in 1982 and 2000. It was played countless times on television channels and was also released on DVD.
2. Me and the hippo (Io sto con gli ippopotami, 1979)
Tom organizes hunting trips to Africa for foreign hunters. So he is not too pleased with the appearance of his brother, an animal welfare volunteer. Slim also ruined his business when he punctured his brother’s jeep with a single shot. Tom ends up at the lake, among the hippos. Such a wound cannot go unrequited, but instead of a fratricidal war, they join forces against a common enemy, the greedy animal trafficker and his accomplices.
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The song “Grau Grau Grau” in the movie was sung by Bud Spencer. Bud has personally sung the accompaniments for several productions. The ingredients for the “cocktail” concocted at the dinner scene by Terence Hill are: black caviar, butter, salt, pepper and champagne, if anyone wants to try the legendary drink. Although the title is ‘I’m with hippo’, hippos are only seen at the beginning of the film.
1. Devil’s right and left hand 1-2. (1971, 1972)
Joe is returning home from a long journey, but he has a small disagreement at a roadside pub. It’s no big deal, he takes down two useless bounty hunters and transports wounded prisoners of the bystanders into town, where three perverts are having an affair with his brother. He was just wondering why his brother was wearing the sheriff’s star. The sheriff wasn’t particularly pleased about his brother because he knew him. Wherever he shows up until now, something always happens. Now no different, the younger brother, dubbed “the devil’s right hand”, was annoyed by the local powerful Pökhendi, who constantly harassed the Mormons who settled in the area. area to make them leave and take theirs. land.
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It was in this Italian cinema that the signature style of the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill duo really developed, with bloodless battles seeming more comical than brutal. The film’s popularity is reflected in the fact that distributors often include the name Trinity in the titles of other Terence Hill films in the English-speaking world.