

A retired ex-criminal, the notorious Mister X, must clear his name when an up-and-comer commits a heinous copycat crime.
Costume
That cape. That hat. That inexplicable confidence.
Production
Rome locations making cheap look inexplicably lavish.

Director
Piero Vivarelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Vivarelli later disowned most of his genre films, but this one survived as a genuine curio of the Italian superhero boom that tried riding Batmania's coattails.
Pier Paolo Capponi was a respected dramatic actor slumming in pulp; his committed performance elevates material that absolutely did not deserve it.