Story Line
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.
“If Hannibal Did It...So Could Brooks!”
Top Cast
Oliver Reed
Brooks
Michael J. Pollard
Packy
Wolfgang Preiss
Col. von Haller
Karin Baal
Vronia
Helmuth Lohner
Willi
Peter Carsten
Kurt
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
1969-01-18
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
ComedyWar
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/28/2022I 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. ...