![]() ![]() The brothers attend a meeting with another Neapolitan mafia boss, the young psychotic playboy Perlante, to discuss their suspicions. Later, as they discuss the arrival of the police that day, the brothers' suspect that Scherino, an old adversary of Mickey's from back-in-the-day, is trying to set them up or move in on their territory. The smuggling gang is headed up by brothers Luca & Mickey Di Angelo. The gang are prepared for such unwelcome attention and in the ensuing chase across the sea, they self-destruct one of their own 'patsy' boats, complete with rubber smuggler dummies! By time the police have realised the ploy the gang have got away, much to the chagrin of the pursuing officers. ![]() Just as they finish loading, a police vessel arrives and gives chase. The ambiance is broken as a gang of smugglers set off in high-powered speedboats for a rendezvous at sea to pick up a consignment of contraband cigarettes. ![]() For Fulci-philes the scene is reminiscent of 'Don't Torture A Duckling' (1972) as Sergio Salvati's camera sweeps across the sleepy port, the only audible sound the distant tolling of a bell and faint religious wailing. Shot in the picturesque city of Naples, south western Italy, the film beings as day breaks over the harbour. ![]()
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