Everything is played super serious in this Italian poliziotteschi film except they throw in this one bumbling goofy-ass cop supporting character(Franco Fabrizi). It's not really enough to ruin the movie or anything but it always strikes me as an odd choice for a film like this which was based on an actual tragedy where terrorists set bombs off around Italy in 1969. The film itself also doesn't offer much in terms of action, has a fairly confusing plot, has a bit of a slow pace for a lot of it and never lives up to the exciting DIRTY HARRY-ish title it was tagged with in certain countries(the original, less exploitative title is THE POLICE HAVE THEIR HANDS TIED), which doesn't make it a favorite of mine. Still an amazing soundtrack, top acting(Arthur Kennedy in particular) and great production values make it worth a look for Eurocrime fans.
Funky soundtrack!:
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