Banana Joe

Apr 8 1982 N/A 1h 36m
Action, Comedy

Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.

Plot

Banana Joe, a brawny yet friendly man who lives in a small rainforest village called Amantido with a huge number of his own children and regularly delivers bananas to a South American river port. One day, the henchmen of a local gangster boss named Torsillo come ashore in Amantido to initiate the construction of a banana processing plant. Of course, Joe evicts the goons, who promptly return to their boss. Torsillo finds out that Joe is trading bananas without a license and decides to exploit it. Upon his next delivery, Joe is apprehended by the police and given the choice of either acquiring a legal license or getting his boat impounded and himself arrested for illegal shipment.

Written by

Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci, Steno

Directed by

Steno

Production Countries

Germany, Italy

Production Companies

Lisa Film, Derby Cinematografica

Languages

Italiano

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9,477
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA