Troublemakers (film)

This article is about the 1994 film. For other uses, see Troublemaker.

Troublemakers (Botte di Natale)
Directed by	Terence Hill
Written by	Jess Hill
Starring	Terence Hill Bud Spencer Neil Summers Anne Kasprik Eva Haßmann Jonathan Tucker Fritz Sperberg Ron Carey
Release date(s)	November 25, 1994
Running time	France: 107 min.
Country	Italy United States Germany
Language	English

Troublemakers (Italian: Botte di Natale, also known as The Fight Before Christmas) is a 1994 spaghetti western comedy film. It is the last pairing to date of Terence Hill (who also directed) and Bud Spencer.

Story

While their Ma (Ruth Buzzi) frets about a Christmas family reunion, estranged bounty-hunter brothers Travis (Terence Hill) and Moses (Bud Spencer) sniff around the idea of re-teaming. Whereas Travis risks his life freeing desperadoes like Sam Stone from the hangman's noose to insure their gratitude as a future annuity, Moses divides his time between raising a large clan and rounding up outlaw gangs. Mistrusting his goof-off brother, Moses is too tempted by a record-breaking reward not to accept Travis's assistance in tracking the very same Sam Stone.

Mistaken for the bad guys when their plan to apprehend the Stone gang during a bank robbery backfires, Moses survives the gallows because of his enormous girth. Once out of police custody, the brothers are captured by Stone. Travis saves both their necks by reminding Stone of how he helped him elude capital punishment. The brothers finally make it to Maw's house. After Christmas dinner gets ruined by townsfolk itching for a rematch with the bounty-hunting brothers, the family pulls together to outsmart their uninvited guest, the greedy Stone, who's looking for a fortune that's purportedly hidden on their land. United in a common purpose, the family ties Stone up.

Cast

• Terence Hill as Travis
• Bud Spencer as Moses
• Boots Southerland as Sam Stone
• Ruth Buzzi as Grandma Maw
• Jonathan Tucker as Moses Junior
• Neil Summers as Dodge
• Anne Kasprik as Bridget
• Eva Hassmann as Melie
• Ron Carey as Sheriff Fox
• Fritz Sperberg as Deputy Sheriff Joey
• Radha Delamarter as Janie
• John David Garfield as Photographer
• Paul Ukena, Tom Eiden, Bo Gray, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as The outlaws
• Forrie J. Smith, Steven G. Tyler, Massimiliano Ubaldi as The cowboys
• Paloma von Broadley as Jessica
• Samantha Waidler as Mary Lou
• Kevin Barker, Brian Barker, Charlie Barker, Pilar O'Connell, Sarah Waidler, Lauren Myers, Natasha Goslow as The sons
• Patrick Myers as Patrick
• Jess Hill as Telegraph clerk
• Geoffrey Martin as Executioner
• Lou Baker as Preacher
• Michael Huddleston: Blacksmith
• Adam Taylor: Blackjack
• Sommer Betsworth: Girl

External links

• Troublemakers at the Internet Movie Database