''... All The Way, Boys!'' (aka and Plane Crazy) is a 1972

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directed by

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. The film stars the film duo of

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and

Bud Spencer Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Ter ...

. The duo made 18 films together, often in the

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genre, but ''... All The Way, Boys!'' was the first film set in a modern context, although many other slapstick elements of the earlier films were carried over. The film is primarily set in the

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. Two

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crash-land in the rainforest. They soon discover a mining operation within the rainforest, which uses

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as miners. They escape with a large

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, but are imprisoned elsewhere. Following their

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, they find themselves targeted by the mine's owner.

Plot

Salud (

) and Plata (

) eke out a living as

in South America. Beside carrying a few passengers and a small amount of cargo, their most lucrative activity is in faking aircraft crashes, on behalf of Salud's brother (

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), who will be able to collect the insurance money. En route to Santarém, the two pilots crash for real in the middle of the

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. In a native village, they meet Matto (

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), an old man who takes Salud to see a mountain and tells him the story of three friends who killed each other. There, the duo find an emerald mining operation run by the unscrupulous Mr. Ears (

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

). Ears dictates prices on the black market, uses thugs to keep out competitors, and keeps his workers as

. Plata and Salud decide they will confront Ears, using aircraft to deliver their goods, and offering the natives a much better life. Wanting to fly Matto to Salvador, where he would live in a modern city, Plata and Salud take the old man and his dog along with them, but he passes away on the flight. Plata finds a large emerald tied to a cord that Matto wore. In Salvador, the two inept crooks try to cash in on their find, but end up in jail. After a successful breakout, the pair find themselves pitted against the ruthless Ears, but in the end, right prevails.

Cast

as Plata *

as Salud *

as Mr. Ears *

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as Naso * Carlos Muñoz as Augusto * as Puncher * Sergio Bruzzichini as Pilot *

as Matto *

as Salud's brother * Ferdinando Murolo as Man in jungle, searching for beer * Michel Antoine as Daveira * Antoine Saint-John as One of Mr. Ears gang (as Antoine St. John)

Production

''... All the Way, Boys!'' was shot in

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, including scenes set at the

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airport. The aircraft that were utilized were:

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, Boeing-Stearman PT-17,

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, Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina,

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and

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Reception

In trying to reach a more international audience, the original 120-minute Italian version () of ''... All the Way, Boys!'' was re-edited into a 90-minute version and re-dubbed into English with dialogue and post-synchronization by Gene Luotto. The resultant release did not receive positive reviews, with film Historian Howard Hughes noting that ".. the resultant incoherence doesn't help the sluggish narrative." Jim Craddock in ''Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever'' said, "The "Trinity cast up to no good ... crash-land a plane in the

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, in the hope of finding slapstick, but found none."

Awards

''... All the Way, Boys!'' won the Golden Screen award at the 1973 Golden Screen, Germany and the Silver Ribbon for Best Score (''Migliore Musica'') by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1973."Awards: 'All the Way Boys'."
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References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

* Craddock, Jim, ed. ''Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever''. Detroit: Visible Ink: 2001. . * Hughes, Howard. ''Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult''. London: I.B. Tauris, 2011. .

External links

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