''Piedone d'Egitto'' (internationally released as ''Flatfoot in Egypt'' and ''Flatfoot on the Nile'') is a 1980

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directed by Steno and starring

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. It is the fourth and last chapter in the "Flatfoot" film series. It is preceded by Flatfoot,

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and

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Plot

The Neapolitan Commissioner Rizzo, said "Flatfoot", leaves to

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; a major Italian scientist has disappeared. The man in fact, before the kidnapping, was doing a research on the oil fields in Egypt, and a gang of criminals had put on his trail to get their hands on his projects. Flatfoot, who arrives in the land of the pharaohs, discovers that the scientist is kidnapped because he has realized that a particular beetle is attracted by land oilfields and nests on them. Now that the criminals have in hand the research of the scientist, Flatfoot sets out in search of them ...

Cast

as Insp. 'Flatfoot' Rizzo *

Enzo Cannavale Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academ ...

as Caputo *

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as Bodo *

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as Edward Burns *

Angelo Infanti Angelo Infanti (; 16 February 1939 – 12 October 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1961 and 2010. He was born on 16 February 1939 in Zagarolo, Italy. He died on 12 October 2010 in Tivoli, Italy due ...

as Hassan * Cinzia Monreale as Connie Burns * Leopoldo Trieste as Professor Cerullo *

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as The Swede *

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as Elver Zakar *

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as Lt. Kebir *

Riccardo Pizzuti Riccardo Pizzuti (born 28 May 1934) is an Italian actor and stuntman. He is known for playing the role of gunfighter Morton Clayton in the 1972 film ''Man of the East''. Pizzuti appeared in '' They Call Me Trinity'', and its sequel '' Trinity Is ...

as Salvatore Coppola *

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* 1980 films 1980s crime comedy films Italian crime comedy films Films directed by Stefano Vanzina Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Poliziotteschi films 1980s police comedy films Films set in Egypt 1980 comedy films 1980s Italian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub