Possibly the best outing of paunchy, balding singer action hero Mauri, again as a Mafioso doing the right thing - in helping track down the French kidnappers ("I diletanti son i piu pericoloso") who have made off with the child of his lost love.

As in the companion Onore & Guapparia, the location shooting is an asset, with the the climax, where the street people combine to track the bad hats, effective - handing out identikit pictures, semaphoring by banging carpets in time with the score.

Competent production values and novelty value. Only one song in this movie.

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