Hannibal Brooks Poster

Hannibal Brooks (1969)

PG-13 01/18/1969 Comedy, War 1h 42m
64%
User
Score
6.6/10

Supersoldier in the Super Adventure

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.

Michael Winner

Story

Tom Wright

Story

Dick Clement

Screenplay

Ian La Frenais

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

Brooks

Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard

Packy

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

Col. von Haller

Karin Baal

Karin Baal

Vronia

Helmuth Lohner

Helmuth Lohner

Willi

Peter Carsten

Peter Carsten

Kurt

Ralf Wolter

Ralf Wolter

Dr. Mendel

Jürgen Draeger

Jürgen Draeger

Sami

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Kellerman

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Media

Hannibal Brooks (1969) Original Trailer [FHD]

Hannibal Brooks (1969) Original Trailer [FHD]

Larry Karaszewski on Hannibal Brooks

Larry Karaszewski on Hannibal Brooks

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on March 28, 2022

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. Wolfgang Preiss is quite effective as his pursuing Nazi "von Haller" exuding just a hint of menace and Michael J. Pollard pulls some quite comical stunts as escaping American "Packy" who turns his hand...

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