Bananas (1971)
Um einer politisch aktiven Studentin zu imponieren, schließt sich der eigentlich eher schüchterne kalifornische Produkttester Fielding Mellish einer mittelamerikanischen Guerillatruppe an, die sich gerade auf dem besten Wege befindet, den amtierenden Diktator durch einen neuen zu ersetzen. Obwohl er weder als Stratege noch als Kämpfer besondere Fertigkeiten an den Tag legt, steigt Fielding steil auf und landet nach ein paar Umwegen gar auf dem Regierungssessel. Die umgehende Verhaftung beim ersten Staatsbesuch in den USA bereitet seiner Blitzkarriere jedoch ein ebensolches Ende.
Der Regisseur: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen as Fielding Mellish |
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Louise Lasser as Nancy |
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Carlos Montalbán as General Emilio M. Vargas |
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Nati Abascal as Yolanda |
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Jacobo Morales as Esposito |
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Miguel Ángel Suárez as Luis |
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René Enríquez as Diaz |
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Jack Axelrod as Arroyo |
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Howard Cosell as Himself |
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Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Ruth Mellish |
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Stanley Ackerman as Dr. Al Mellish |
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Dorothi Fox as J. Edgar Hoover |
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Eddie Barth as Paul |
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Conrad Bain as Semple |
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Baron De Beer as British Ambassador |
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Allen Garfield as Man On Cross |
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Roger Grimsby as Himself |
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Don Dunphy as Himself |
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Dan Frazer as Priest |
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Martha Greenhouse as Dr. Feigen |
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Axel Anderson as Man Tortured |
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El Tigre Pérez as Perez |
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Arthur Hughes as Judge |
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John Braden as Prosecutor |
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Ted Chapman as Policeman |
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Dagne Crane as Sharon |
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Nicholas Saunders as Douglas |
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Eulogio Peraza as The Interpreter |
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Norman Evans as Senator |
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Bob O'Connell as FBI Man #1 |
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Robert Dudley as FBI Man #2 |
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Marilyn Hengst as Norma |
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Ed Crowley as FBI Security |
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Beeson Carroll as FBI Security |
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Princess Fatosh as Snake Bite Lady |
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Dick Callinan as Cigarette Commercial Man |
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Hy Anzell as Patient in Operating Room |
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Sylvester Stallone as Subway Thug #1 (uncredited) |
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Mary Jo Catlett as Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited) |
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Tino García as |
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David Ortiz Angleró as Sanchez |
| Directing | Woody Allen | Director |
| Production | Axel Anderson | Producer |
| Production | Antonio Encarnacion | Producer |
| Production | Jack Grossberg | Producer |
| Production | Charles H. Joffe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Manolo Villamil | Producer |
| Production | Jack Rollins | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Marvin Hamlisch | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Andrew M. Costikyan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ron Kalish | Editor |
| Editing | Ralph Rosenblum | Editor |
| Art | Ed Wittstein | Production Design |
| Sound | Ralph Burns | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Felix Giglio | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | John Strauss | Music Editor |
| Sound | John Strauss | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Ralph Rosenblum | Associate Producer |
| Production | Morton Gorowitz | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Noni Rock | Production Secretary |
| Production | Henry Polonsky | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Fred T. Gallo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Barbara Robinson | Script Supervisor |
| Production | William Eustace | Location Manager |
| Production | Vicky Hernández | Casting |
| Crew | Richard Augustine | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Harry J. Leavey | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Samuel D. Berns | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Norman Gorbaty | Title Designer |
| Art | Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Don B. Courtney | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Robert A. Hudecek | Gaffer |
| Camera | Michael Mahony | Key Grip |
| Art | Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gene Coffin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martin Gaiptman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Del Russo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Nathan Boxer | Sound |
| Sound | James Sabat | Sound |
| Sound | Al Gramaglia | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Susan Behr | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jack Stager | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Woody Allen | Writer |
| Writing | Mickey Rose | Writer |