Rome by night: where cops are dirtier than the dealers they chase.
This raw Italian political melodrama investigates the underbelly of Rome in the early '70s, exposing drugs, crime, and sexual scandals.
Cinematography
Rome at night has never looked this sweaty.
Acting
Claude Jade deserves better, gives it anyway.
Director
Gianni Buffardi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gianni Buffardi directed exactly one other film—he was primarily a producer who clearly wanted in on the poliziotteschi boom.
Hits that sweet 1973 spot between the fading Spaghetti Western and rising giallo craze—poliziotteschi was Italy's answer to Dirty Harry, but meaner.
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