Hannibal Brooks (1969)

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If Hannibal Did It...So Could Brooks!

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.

• Released: 1969-01-18
• Genres: Comedy, War
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 40 votes

Directed by Michael Winner.

Top cast

• Oliver Reed as Brooks
• Michael J. Pollard as Packy
• Wolfgang Preiss as Col. von Haller
• Karin Baal as Vronia
• Helmuth Lohner as Willi
• Peter Carsten as Kurt
• Ralf Wolter as Dr. Mendel
• Jürgen Draeger as Sami
• Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Kellerman
• John Alderton as Bernard

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Hannibal Brooks

• United States: stream on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel

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