Hannibal Brooks

1969 102 min ★ 6.4 Comedy, War

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.

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Cast

Oliver Reed

Brooks

Michael J. Pollard

Packy

Wolfgang Preiss

Col. von Haller

Karin Baal

Vronia

Helmuth Lohner

Willi

Peter Carsten

Kurt

Ralf Wolter

Dr. Mendel

Jürgen Draeger

Sami

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Kellerman

John Alderton

Bernard

Details

Director

Michael Winner

Screenplay

Dick Clement

Tagline

"If Hannibal Did It...So Could Brooks!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

United Artists

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

March 28, 2022

★ 7/10

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...