Odds and Evens (film)

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Odds and Evens
-Pari e dispari-
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Written byMario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci
StarringTerence Hill
Bud Spencer
Music byGuido De Angelis
Maurizio De Angelis
Release date
  • 28 October 1978 (1978-10-28)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Odds and Evens (Italian: Pari e dispari also known as Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes) is an Italian action comedy film directed in 1978 by Sergio Corbucci and starring the comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The film is set in Florida. In the film, a US Marine and his half-brother join forces against the American Mafia and its gambling operations.

In 1979 it was awarded with the Golden Screen Award along with Superman and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[1]

Plot[edit]

The Mafia runs an illegal betting sweepstake in Florida. Johnny Firpo, a US Marine from Miami, is tasked to bust this ring. He is tasked with teaming up with gambler turned trucker Charlie Firpo, who is - unknowingly - Johnny's half-brother.

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Reception[edit]

The film was the second most popular Italian film of the 1978-79 season behind Amori miei.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Goldene Leinwand 1979". Goldene Leinwand. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  2. ^ "'Grease' is tops in holiday tally". Screen International. 29 September 1979. p. 12.

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