''Carambola!'' (, also known as ''Strange Adventures of Coby and Ben'') is a 1974 Italian comedic

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film co-written and directed by

Ferdinando Baldi Ferdinando Baldi (19 May 1927 – 12 November 2007) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Throughout his career he used a number of pseudonyms, including Ted Kaplan, Ferdy Baldwin and Sam Livingstone. Biography Baldi was born in ...

. It was the first film starring the pair Paul L. Smith and Michael Coby, a duo formed by producer Manolo Bolognini with the purpose of copying the successful films of the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was followed by '' Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket''.

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A former soldier and champion of pool and his gigantic and irascible friend accepted, for $50.000, to investigate arms trafficking that would take place between the US and Mexico. The two devise a trick.

Cast

* Paul L. Smith as Clem Rodovam * Michael Coby as Coby * William Bogart as Kelly for 50 * Horst Frank as Clydeson * Pino Ferrara as Sheriff *

Luciano Catenacci Luciano Catenacci (13 April 1933 – 4 October 1990) was an Italian actor and Unit production manager, production manager who worked on mainly Italian produced films during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Life and career Born in Rome, Catenac ...

as Cpt. Howard Johnson * Melissa Chimenti as Pamela *

Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and death Septem ...

as Professor * Ignazio Spalla as Mexican Leader *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

as Clydeson's Henchman * Pietro Torrisi as Murdered Warden

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* 1970s buddy comedy films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films Films directed by Ferdinando Baldi Italian buddy comedy films Spaghetti Western films 1970s Italian-language films 1974 films 1970s Italian films Italian-language Western (genre) comedy films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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