The Diamond Peddlers

The Diamond Peddlers (Italian: Il vangelo secondo Simone e Matteo, also known as Diamond Pedlars) is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Paul Smith and Michael Coby, a comedic duo teamed with the purpose of copying the successful films of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.^[1][2] It is structured as a sequel to previous year's Convoy Buddies.^[3]

The Diamond Peddlers
Directed by	Giuliano Carnimeo
Screenplay by	Pier Luigi Alberti Gabriella Giustini
Story by	Pier Luigi Alberti Ugo Tucci Gabriella Giustini
Produced by	Ugo Tucci
Starring	Paul Smith Michael Coby Dominic Barto Jacques Herlin Giuseppe Maffioli
Cinematography	Sebastiano Celeste
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini
Music by	JUNIPER
Release date	1976 (1976)
Language	Italian

Plot

Toby and Butch, working as pack carriers in Africa, pick up a gun, are mistaken for criminals and find themselves being chased by military police through marketplace stalls. They hide in a village church, dress in priestly cassocks and are tasked with delivering a statue of the Virgin Mary to Amsterdam. The statue is filled with diamonds which the duo unknowingly smuggle through customs and are chased through the city's streets and canals, with the diamond-filled pouch ultimately landing in the path of a roller-compactor and being crushed into dust while Toby and Butch, still in their clerical robes, continue running from their pursuers.

Cast

• Paul Smith as Toby (Simone)
• Michael Coby as Butch (Matteo)
• Dominic Barto as Morgan
• Jacques Herlin as Inspector Nelson
• Giuseppe Maffioli as Priest
• Riccardo Petrazzi as Massimo
• Enrico Chiappafreddo as Morgan's thug
• Emilio Messina as Morgan's thug
• Giovanni Pazzafini as convict
• Franco Pesce as Father Mansueto
• Claudio Gora as Mr. Robinson

See also

• List of Italian films of 1976