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Poccari was a former member of The Rietti group, a set of fighters that fought for The Allies against The Nazis. Years after a traitor caused a slaughter, two of its members track Poccari down, their aim to learn who betrayed them.

This is quite a powerful story I thought, I've been looking into the Italian situation during The Second world war quite a lot, there are a lot of misconceptions, many brave men fought against The Nazis.

Worth considering that The Second World War was just fifteen years old in 1960, very much still in the minds of many people, the feeling of anger towards any traitor would have been high.

Poccari has such an interesting and novel way of issuing justice.

It's a wonderfully stylish episode, everyone looks so elegant and smart, it has a touch of Italian chic.

Geoffrey Keen and Ryan O'Casey are both particularly good, I've been working my way through The Larkins, on which O'Casey starred, a good comedy and straight actor.

Very interesting, 8/10.

The Rietti Group were Italian resistance fighters in the second world war helping the allies.

They were led by the aristocratic Count Montesco (Geoffrey Keen) and Ricco Poccari was part of the group. They had a signature whistle to help identify them.

They have an annual reunion dinner but they are now down to just five men from the group. The reunion is due to be held at Poccari's hotel.

However Poccarri comes across two allied paratroopers who recognise the tune Poccari whistles. They tell him a story of betrayal by someone from the Rietti Group.

It leds to their entire unit being shot dead, they were the only two survivors. Poccari has no option to invite the men to the reunion dinner as they can still recall the voice of the traitor.

A decent enough story with the Count as the main suspect as the traitor. With Poccari making phone calls to New York for some fact finding, I found the twist was effective enough.