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Kidnap In Rome (1976)

Kidnap In Rome poster
Original title
三傻笨探小福星
Directed by
Ng See-yuen
Genre
action, comedy, adventure, crime
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 33m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family's son is kidnapped by a criminal gang. An Italian police officer and his two assistants struggle to solve the case, so they ask a waiter and his young coworker from a local Chinese restaurant for help.

lightheartedcomicfast-pacedquirkyaction-orientedgoofyretrofun

What happens

San sha ben tan xiao fu xing, conosciuto anche come (Kidnap in Rome) è un film del 1976, diretto da See-Yuen Ng. Il figlio di una famiglia benestante viene rapito da una banda criminale. Un poliziotto italiano, insieme ad i suoi due assistenti, stanno facendo del loro meglio per risolvere il caso. La polizia brancola nel buio e così decide di chiedere aiuto al cameriere e al suo giovane collega di un ristorante cinese locale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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