Hannibal Brooks (1969)

PG-1301/18/1969Comedy, War1h 42m
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Overview

A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Oliver Reed

    Brooks

  2. Cast 1

    Michael J. Pollard

    Packy

  3. Cast 1

    Wolfgang Preiss

    Col. von Haller

  4. Cast 1

    Karin Baal

    Vronia

  5. Cast 1

    Helmuth Lohner

    Willi

  6. Cast 1

    Peter Carsten

    Kurt

  7. Cast 1

    Ralf Wolter

    Dr. Mendel

  8. Jürgen Draeger

    Sami

  9. Cast 1

    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

    Kellerman

I recall seeing this film as a child, and it always made me smile. Oliver Reed is the eponymous WWII POW who has a job at a zoo in Munich looking after "Lucy". Nope, she's not a glamorous blonde - she's an elephant, and quite a stubborn one at that. As the allies close in, it's decided to evacuate "Lucy" to Austria, but when an officer commandeers their train, they decide to walk - the two, with a pair of soldiers as escort and a cook. Their escapades are light hearted adventures with Reed on good form as the recalcitrant determined to get himself and his "girl" to the safety of Switzerland. W...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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