The Cop In Blue Jeans

The Cop in Blue Jeans (Squadra Antiscippo) (1976)


Runtime: 91 minutes


Directed by: Bruno Corbucci


Starring: Tomas Milian, Guido Mannari, Maria Rosario Omaggio, Jack Palance


From: Cinemaster


It's been too long since I've seen a poliziotteschi film, so I decided to go with this one. It happens to be on Amazon Instant for free, but it's full-screen and dubbed. I found a widescreen and subtitled version elsewhere, but that doesn't have the last few minutes... I mainly watched the subtitled version; I know that the dubbed version has the same general idea in terms of dialogue but oddly enough has cleaned up a lot of the sleaziness of the dialogue.


The general plot, as stated by me: A dirty diplomat (Palance, who isn't in the movie as much as you'd think, but that is OK) has some dirty money stolen by some thieves. The diplomat's thugs are on the warpath to get the money back and it's the cops who have to try and stop everyone. The hero of the movie is Nico Giraldo (Milian), who usually dresses like a hobo and is a loose cannon.


This is yet another great example of the genre. Truth be told I enjoy all the movies in the genre I have seen, but still... this is one of those movies where I will list things in bullet point.


* The film starts off with the theft of the luggage of Asian tourists. How did the thieves do this? Why, a chubby man moon the tourists and this provided the distraction! A minute later, a dog steals a wallet.


* The apartment of Nico has many posters up. This includes one of the band UFO and two of Serpico. He even has a white mouse pet named Serpico


* You see a fruit stand fight.


* Nico-on his dirtbike-bursts through a wooden door as if he was The Kool-Aid Man


* There's an obviously gay man who is named Nancy


* Nico gives someone a swirly; really


There's so much more; I won't spoil it all. Just know that besides there being plenty of humorous moments and funny one-liners, there's the usual hallmarks of the genre... meaning fistfights, foot chases, chases involving cars and dirtbikes, and yeah, sleaze, which involves very pretty Italian girls. There are examples of all of that here.



I'll be back Sunday night.