Character Relationship Map: Crime Busters

Characters

• Matt Kirby (played by Terence Hill) — protagonist

  A resourceful and rebellious man in Miami who seeks work, plans a supermarket robbery, and later becomes a police officer with Wilbur Walsh. He uses unconventional methods to avoid police attention an...

• Wilbur Walsh (played by Bud Spencer) — protagonist

  A closed-off and rebellious man searching for work as a longshoreman in Miami. He joins Matt Kirby in a planned supermarket robbery, then becomes a police officer and helps investigate criminals conne...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Matt Kirby → Wilbur Walsh (Alliance Teammate) — They become partners whose cooperation drives the story.

  Matt proposes that he and Wilbur work together, and the two later complete police training and serve together.

Story Analysis

Two job-seeking partners stumble into police work and follow an investigation back to the ruffians they first encountered at the docks.

Plot Progression

1. Rejected at the Docks — Matt and Wilbur look for longshoreman work in Miami but are turned away by the dealers who control the area. A fight and the destruction of three cars punctuate their failed search.
2. A Scheme Goes Sideways — Matt is curious about Wilbur and proposes a supermarket robbery, which Wilbur accepts. Their plan misfires, leaving them at a police station, where they claim they want to become officers to avoid bei...
3. Unorthodox Officers — Matt and Wilbur complete police training despite their rebellious approach and different methods of making arrests. They then begin real police service together.
4. A Case Leads Back to the Docks — Matt becomes familiar with a Chinese family whose uncle was killed by unknown assailants. The partners investigate and encounter the same ruffians who previously blocked their search for dock work, op...