Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Dec 9, 1981

1h 42m

★ 6.9

Overview

Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure

Genres

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Production Companies

Take 1 Productions

El Pico S.A.

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure Trailers

Cast

Alan Lloyd

Terence Hill

Charlie O'Brien

Bud Spencer

Kamasuka

John Fujioka

Mama

Louise Bennett

Anlulu

Sal Borgese

Ulla

Kainowa Lauritzen

Ejola

Mirna Seya

Alua

Terry Moni Mapuana

Barmaid at the beginning

Linda Prast

Reporter

Kathy Lun

Uncle Brady

Herb Goldstein

Warner

Arnie Ross

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