An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.
Stunts
Pre-CGI car demolition that genuinely risks lives.
Acting
Fernando Rey oozes aristocratic evil—same year as The French Connection.
Direction
Castellari's kinetic handheld chaos predicts Michael Mann decades early.
Director
Enzo G. Castellari
Franco Nero
Commissario Belli
James Whitmore
Commissioner Aldo Scavino
Fernando Rey
Cafiero
Stefania Girolami Goodwin
Anita
Duilio Del Prete
Umberto Griva
Silvano Tranquilli
Franco Griva
Ely Galleani
Chicca
Daniel Martín
Rico
Delia Boccardo
Mirella
Luigi Diberti
Belli's Assistant
Mario Erpichini
Rivalta
Zoe Incrocci
Scavino's Wife
Bruno Corazzari
Scavino's Assassin
Massimo Vanni
Killer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Castellari shot the climactic car chase in Genoa without permits; local police joined in as extras thinking it was real.
Part of the 1970s 'poliziotteschi' boom—Italian crime films responding to real Red Brigade violence and public hunger for fascist-adjacent police heroes.
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