The Adventures of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
Country: U.K.
Publisher: CREE75
Author: Philippe Lombard, Howard Hughes
Languages: French, English, and German
Pages: 272
Available: April 1, 2026
The Adventures of Bud Spencer & Terence Hill is a beautiful 25x28cm / 9,×11 in hardcover book with over 300 color pages. The book is available in three languages: French, English, and German.
Along with the book, we are also offering an exclusive copy of the documentary “Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… and me” (2025) by Julien Dubois, written by Philippe Lombard. To tell the cinematic saga of the two friends, the least we can say is that Philippe gave his all, following in the footsteps of the duo across Europe, even eating beans in front of the camera.
Pull on your boots, stock up on baked beans, and limber
up your slapstick skills: the most beloved duo of 1970s and 1980s cinema is
back - celebrated in a sumptuous book patiently and passionately crafted over
many years by Philippe Lombard. In the early 1970s, as the Italian Western
flickered toward extinction, an unlikely pairing emerged from its final sparks
and went on to conquer audiences worldwide. What began as playful western
parodies soon evolved into riotous adventure comedies, carried by the irresistible
on-screen chemistry of Carlo Pedersoli—better known as Bud Spencer—and Mario
Girotti, a.k.a. Terence Hill. Together, they ignited a cultural phenomenon that
endured for nearly two decades and sold hundreds of millions of cinema tickets
across the globe. In Italy and Germany, they rose to the status of genuine
icons. Their popularity was so immense that producers even attempted to
replicate the magic by casting a lookalike duo, who went on to appear in no
fewer than five films of their own. For millions of viewers, Bud Spencer and
Terence Hill are a fixture of childhood and family life, from They Call Me
Trinity to the unforgettable Watch Out, We're Mad!, Crime Busters, Odds and
Evens, I'm for the Hippopotamus, and Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure -
films first discovered in packed cinemas and endlessly revisited on television.
The memory of these two big-hearted bruisers, their mischievous grins, and
their gloriously choreographed brawls remains vivid in the hearts of multiple
generations. The Adventures of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill retraces their
remarkable journey and brings back a golden age of popular cinema: an era when
cracking jokes and dishing out slaps like no one else could was all it took to
win the hearts of audiences across generations.
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