Fernando Di Leo's mobster movie is kept buoyed by a ferocious performance by Gastone Moschin and some of Di Leo's very best direction. Moschin, who would find lasting infamy as the dreaded "Fanucci" in THE GODFATHER PART II, plays a recent parolee suspected of ripping off mobster Lionel Stander. He's hounded by psychotic Mario Adorf and ruthless police commissioner Frank Wolff. Di Leo's directs the proceedings with a lot of flair and the movie moves at a very quick clip. Moschin has great chemistry with Barbara Bouchet (as his go go dancing girlfriend) and the entire cast is first rate. Adorf is a standout as the unrelenting Rocco, a mafia foot soldier who NEVER gives up his principles. The excellent music score is by Luis Enriqez Bacalov. A riveting thriller from beginning to end. Echoes of this film can be seen in the likes of RESERVIOR DOGS & THE DEPARTED (note the breath-taking ending).