''Lo chiamavano Bulldozer'', also known as ''They Called Him Bulldozer'' or ''Bulldozer'' is a 1978

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film, directed by

Michele Lupo Michele Lupo (4 December 1932 – 27 June 1989) was an Italian film director. He directed 23 films between 1962 and 1982. He was born in Corleone, Italy, and died on 27 June 1989 in a clinic in Rome, Italy at the age of 56. Selected filmogr ...

Plot

Bulldozer is a sailor and a retired American football superstar; landed by accident in the port of

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, he is involved in a sport challenge.

Cast

Bud Spencer Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Ter ...

: Bulldozer *

Raimund Harmstorf Raimund Harmstorf (7 October 1939 – 3 May 1998) was a German actor. He became famous as the protagonist of a German TV mini series based on Jack London's the Sea-Wolf (which was sold into many countries) and starred later on successfully in ano ...

: Serg. Robert Kempfer *

Joe Bugner József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a Hungarian born British– Australian former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division and actor. He holds triple nationality, originally being a citizen of Hungary and a nat ...

: Alberto Sarticoli ''Orso'' * Ottaviano Dell'Acqua: Gerry * René Kolldehoff: The colonel *

Gigi Reder Gigi Reder (born Luigi Schroeder; 25 March 1928 – 8 October 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolitan mother, Reder moved to Rome where started his career in radio as host an ...

: Curatolo *

Luigi Bonos Luigi Bonos (1910–2000) was an Italian comedian and stage, television and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1945 and 1992. Born in Berlin, Germany, the son of two Hungarian circus artists, along with his brothers Vitto ...

: The mechanic

References

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* 1978 films 1978 action comedy films 1970s sports comedy films Italian sports comedy films Films directed by Michele Lupo Films scored by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis 1970s Italian films Films set in Livorno Cinema International Corporation films Tobis Film films 1970s Italian-language films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub