Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (1974) User Reviews

The Sting-inspired Italian comedy action

[Leofwine_draca · 4/10 · 9 February 2017]

I watched this one on Amazon Prime under the title CHARLESTON & TRINITY. It's a straightforward copy of one of the successful Terence Hill/Bud Spencer comedies that were all the rage back in the 1970s. The story is episodic and features a small-time scammer going up against some big-time hoods, occasionally aided by a muscle-building priest.

As far as genre standards go, this isn't one of the best. Too much of the screen time is occupied by cheesy romance material that goes nowhere. Spaghetti western stalwart Giuliano Gemma take on the Hill role but doesn't have much depth to his character, occasionally smirking and running around a lot and that's about it. The unknown Swedish actor Ricky Bruch is much better as the hulking priest even though this was his film debut, and the brawling action of the climax excites and entertains, even if the rest of the film is strictly average. Once again, THE STING seems to have been the main source of inspiration for the Italian production crew.

Giuliano Gemma as flamboyant gangster didn't work out plenty!!

[elo-equipamentos · 5/10 · 17 March 2024]

The Italian filmmakers tried too hard introducing his Spaghetti star Giuliano Gemma on the profitable American market by any means, some endeavors had enough successes quite sure often directed by the expert Enzo Barbone, nonetheless wasn't the case of Charleston whatsoever, a mixing of Hill-Spencer alike, on those endless fights were nobody hurts properly, also on utmost comical farse, reaching near of slapstick comedy in homage the twenties where the story unfolds, also the soundtrack as well.

A Chicago's dreamer guy Sonny (Giuliano Gemma) stumbles at four New Yorkers wanted mobsters on a train where the leader Tiger Malone (Faietta) suggests to him takes care of their territory for a while until the things calm down, plenty accepted by the smart Sonny envisages become a top notch gangster, arriving there he lodges at famous Holtel Waldorf Story (what a smart mocking), aided by a man called Barabbas (another joke on heretic way), soon he implies an extorsion on neighborhood businessmen as securing for those who may intents make a robber and didn't pay the orderings, it must be payed weekly.

Turns out that Mulberry Street in question already has an owner called Rocky, whom no one ever knew the face, also there has a bulky Irish Father O'Flanagan (Ricky Bruch) that make a communal labor at behalf of homeless children, among a two women wresting against a happy guy, also trying extort the Father O'Flanagan that payback with a boxing test, the flamboyant Sonny going on easily, until he meets a gorgeous silly angel Virginia (Laura Becherelli) aftermaths the fearsome mobster Tiger is back requiring his former territory again, thus the chaos takes place.

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First watch: 1986 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.5.

Silly, but a nice comedy

[ChrisHawk78 · 30 May 2001]

This film has the typical air of Italian action/gangster comedies from that period. I guess one needs to be a true fan of this style but then it is a perfectly charming and funny sort of comedy. The acting is not too important anyway but still it is reasonable and enjoyable. The cliches of black and white are wonderfully maintained in this movie as the good guys are clever and witty and the bad ones are bad and pretty dumb. I considered the "Shakespearian" dream of the "good" Mafioso a bit stupid but then a film like that seems in need of a few blunders. The costumes are great. All in all enjoyable.