''Odd Squad'' (Italian: ''Ciao nemico'', also known as ''The Odd Squad'' and ''The Bridge Between'') is a
1981
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Italian war comedy film directed by
Enzo Barboni.
Plot
After the Allied landing in Sicily, between the U.S. Army and the Italian Army there is an ancient Roman bridge that both want to blow up; but both Italian and American sappers do their best to not do it. Together, they think an absurd plan to make the invading American division that the Italians surrendered and the War is ended. After they part ways, forty years later the American Lieutenant (now an older college engineer teacher) watches the bridge and prepares to go to theater, because his old same-rank enemy became a conductor and that evening he's gonna direct
Verdi's
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
Nabucco.
During the end credits, there are info about the ten soldiers; everyone went back to their previous favorite talents and made a career on it.
Cast
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Johnny Dorelli - Lt. Federico Tocci
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Giuliano Gemma
Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1 ...
- Lt. Joe Kirby
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Jackie Basehart - Pvt. Kirk Jones
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Salvatore Borgese - Soldier Salvatore Ficuzza
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Vincenzo Crocitti
Vincenzo Crocitti (16 July 1949 – 29 September 2010) was an Italian cinema and television actor. Crocitti was born in Rome. He won a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for the role of Mario Vivaldi in '' An Average Little Man''.
Selec ...
- Soldier Tazio Meniconi
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Massimo Lopez - Soldier Pasquale Cutolo
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Riccardo Pizzuti - Soldier Dario Tognon
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Vincent Gardenia - General Brigg
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Eros Pagni - Italian Colonel
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Riccardo Garrone - Lt. Rondi
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Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov (Born Ivan Đerasimović; Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић) (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian film actor of Serb descent who appeared in many horror and exploitation films.
Biography
Born in Trieste ...
- Pvt. Russ Baxter
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Carmen Russo - The Girl
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Jacques Herlin - French General
Reception
The film received mixed reviews.
Morando Morandini praised the film as "pleasant and full of comical inventions". Flaminio Di Biagi described it as a "quite ramshackle little comedy".
See also
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List of Italian films of 1981
References
External links
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1981 films
1980s war comedy films
Italian war comedy films
Military humor in film
Macaroni Combat films
Films set in Sicily
Films scored by Franco Micalizzi
1981 comedy films
Italian World War II films
Italian Campaign of World War II films
1980s Italian films
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