Flatfoot in Africa

Flatfoot in Africa (Piedone l'africano, 1978) is an Italian action-comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Steno reunites with Bud Spencer for the fourth Piedone film — this time sending the barrel-shaped Naples detective Rizzo to Johannesburg after a South African colleague sends him a letter and then immediately gets killed.

Rizzo's task: find out what the dead officer was working on and locate the man's young son Bodo. What follows is the usual loose, good-natured formula — fistfights, car chases, mild corruption, and Spencer's deadpan physicality doing most of the storytelling. Enzo Cannavale returns as his comedic foil.

The Flatfoot series ran four films from 1973 to 1980 and was a staple of Soviet cinema programs. Spencer was one of a kind — the films hold up. Stream Flatfoot in Africa on iFILM.