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How We Stole the Atomic Bomb

1968 · 90 min Comedy
5.3 / 10 · TMDB

Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.

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Original Title Come rubammo la bomba atomica
Year 1968
Country Egypt, Italy
Genre Comedy
Director Lucio Fulci
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.3/10 (12 votes)

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The film constructs its humor on the unlikely partnership between a naive fisherman and a cunning spy, using the race for a lost atomic bomb as an engine for relentless slapstick and escalating misunderstandings. It explores the classic trope of the common man caught in a web of global absurdity.

What lingers after the credits is the cheerful irreverence with which it treats Cold War anxieties, turning existential threat into a playground for farce. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lucio Fulci

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