Odds and Evens (Pari e dispari)

Sergio Corbucci directed Odds and Evens (original title Pari e dispari), an Italian action comedy from 1978. It reunites the screen duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who had already made many Italian-American comedies together. This Italy-US production runs 114 minutes; Mario Amendola, Bruno Corbucci and Sergio Corbucci wrote it.

Nearly all of the film was shot in Florida, where the story is set. Hill plays Lieutenant Johnny Firpo, a US Marine intelligence officer sent to break up a Miami Mafia network influencing sports betting. His helper is his half-brother, truck driver Charlie Firpo (Spencer). Together they deal heavy blows to the gang run by the Greek Paragoulis, and finally slip onto his private yacht, which hosts an illegal casino, and start a general brawl that only the military's arrival stops. Luciano Catenacci, Marisa Laurito and Sal Borgese are also in the cast, and Guido and Maurizio De Angelis composed the music.

The film was a commercial success, ranking fourth at the Italian box office for the 1978-79 season and drawing 5,244,000 viewers in West Germany. In 1979 it received the Golden Screen award alongside Superman and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Critics found it amusing but thought the fight scenes too long.