Rape, murder, suicide, armed robbery--an Italian city has it all in this odd police procedural from director Romolo Guerrieri. When a daughter of one of the city's ruling class is found murdered and raped, overworked and underpaid police detective Parrino (Enrico Maria Salerno from The Bird With the Crystal Plumage) is on the case--bad heart notwithstanding. The English language dub of this film is quite confusing at times and inappropriately (I think) emphasises comedic elements, and Carlos Rustichelli's score is a bit schizophrenic, too, with darker passages undercut by light hearted 'sex comedy' cues, especially in the early going. Nonetheless, this is a reasonably entertaining feature and never boring, as we follow our bedraggled hero and his reporter friend (Luciano Salce) on the trail of the killer.
Review of City Under Siege
