Terence Hill stars as an Italian mechanic Guido Falcone, who inherits a billion dollars, but he needs to get to San Francisco by a certain date in order to supply his signature. The executor of the will (Jackie Gleason) is working against that happening. The movie is Guido's cross-country adventure in trying to get there.
And while I can't exactly say that this was an epic, it was pretty much what I've come to expect from a 1970's Terence Hill movie, made better by adding in a little Slim Pickens toward the end, always a treat. But I've never much cared for Jackie Gleason, and this late effort from the "Great One" doesn't do anything to improve my opinion of him. Valerie Perrine serves as the love interest, and I know her best from the movies Superman (1978) and Steambath (1973). Plenty of other enjoyable bit characters such as Leo Rossi appear in small roles.
And while I can't exactly say that this was an epic, it was pretty much what I've come to expect from a 1970's Terence Hill movie, made better by adding in a little Slim Pickens toward the end, always a treat. But I've never much cared for Jackie Gleason, and this late effort from the "Great One" doesn't do anything to improve my opinion of him. Valerie Perrine serves as the love interest, and I know her best from the movies Superman (1978) and Steambath (1973). Plenty of other enjoyable bit characters such as Leo Rossi appear in small roles.