Almost Human (1974) Movie Script
1
ALMOST HUMAN
Sir, what type
of car is this?
Go away, it's
dangerous to stay here.
Is this car yours?
I asked if
this car is yours.
-The car?
-It's in a no-waiting area.
I've got to fine you, alright?
Will you decide or not?
Lets go! The police!
Go! Go!
- Help, mummy!
- Hurry up!
Don't shoot, they've
taken my child.
Step on it,
you idiot!
Shut up!
The clutch is slipping!
Don't move!
Quickly!
Move!
Mummy!
Go faster or
they'll get us!
Come on, don't cry!
Lets go!
He had found out, he understood everything!
What could I have done?
-He nearly caught us.
-No, you bastard!
He would have found us,
Mr Majone.
You should have let
him find you, get it?
He asked for my license,
what could I do?
You should have made
something up, you chicken!
You almost made us kill
a load of people, coward!
I had to shoot!
You lot, get lost!
I had to shoot.
I swear I had to shoot.
Enough! Enough!
Please!
I couldn't do
anything else.
Enough! Enough!
I beg you, don't touch me.
Get out of my
sight forever,
before I crush your balls,
if you've got any.
Let's go.
I'm coming.
I'm coming!
-Good evening, Mrs.Clerk
-What do you want at this hour?
I need cash.
Come in.
I need a load of money.
-What's happened?
-That's my business.
What do you think happened?
I need money.
-So, what's new?
-Give it to me, come on!
Bad luck, I'm broke.
You're not broke,
you're old!
Here's the
poor old countess.
She's so ugly
when she sleeps!
- Can't you see how ugly she is?
- Stop it, you'll wake her.
Stop it, Iona,
you also think I'm...
- a good for nothing, don't you?
- Come on, Giulio!
I think that if you really wanted to,
you could try to work.
It becomes a habit,
you know?
Work? Don't
make me laugh!
Should I go and sell apples
or be a brick-layer?
Imagine what it must be like in winter,
with the Milan weather.
Selling your life 8
hours a day every day
until you drag your feet
towards a state-run home.
While there are people like
your boss who make millions
and put it all
in Switzerland.
- You think that's fair?
- What are you doing?
What are you
looking for?
- The money. Where did you put it?
- I don't have any.
Iona, don't try and be clever with me.
Where did you put it?
I told you, I
haven't got any.
Don't play clever with me.
Where did you put it?
- Listen, Giulio...
- You are a pain in the arse!
You like it when I
fuck you, eh? No?
And you don't even pay me.
You didn't give me a present today.
When you drink
you become stupid
and you feel like
Napoleon, don't you?
Napoleon had a cock like this,
you've seen the paintings?
I'll make you see
Napoleon, you bitch.
Now I'll show you.
And you think I thrashed
her for this shit here?
Do me a favour!
When you take a risk...
it's for something big!
It's a battle!
A battle!
And in these cases you
can also get kicked!
- It's part of the risk.
- How much did you get?
Definitely more than us two
make in a week, Carmine.
Well, well! Crafty, Vittorio.
You shit.
You shit!
Aren't you ashamed?
- Look.
- What? That's 300 lire!
What can you do
with 300 lire?
300 lire! You
really make me sad!
If you talk,
talk about millions!
Three million, thirty million...
Otherwise it's best to die of hunger.
You should be ashamed of
snatching handbags, it's just shit.
So go whoring with your handbag!
You're pathetic!
- You're right.
- So, shall we go?
- I'll piss on bag snatching!
- What an idiot! He just talks!
When you see a policeman you
shit yourself! Go sell your arse!
- I shit on the knife!
- You're full of shit!
Very good! Now
we'll take a walk
to the police station!
Let's go!
600 lire.
This man died for 600 lire.
Has the family been told?
Headquarters had already done so,
Inspector Grandi.
You can take
him away.
Get them to take prints
from the edges and the buttons,
even though
it'll be pointless.
Inspector?
Inspector, where can you go
for cigarettes at this hour?
What the hell are you laughing at?
Show respect for the dead!
Bye, see you tomorrow!
- What are you doing here?
- Don't get angry.
I know you're embarrassed
to be seen with me.
Stop it!
I even put on a new jacket
to look good for you.
I'm, glad to see you.
Who's that?
Has the boss
got a new slave?
You go, I'll take her.
Stop it, she's the
Commentators daughter.
- Only child?
- Yes, if you marry her you get it all.
Don't be cheeky!
- Let's go.
- Where?
To your home.
-If only it was always like this!
-Why?
I'd live with you.
You are such a bitch!
How disgusting!
You'd live with me!
You're ashamed...
even when I just pick
you up at the office!
Because I'm
a poor man.
Because I'm not... a gentleman.
Oh, stop it, Iona!
Don't put on an act,
you don't have to fake it with me.
Don't try to deceive
me or I'll get angry
Listen...
Talking of which...
What's your boss's
daughter called?
- Mary Lou, why?
- How old is she?
Don't know...
about twenty.
Well, well! Twenty
and all that bread!
If I could organise a nice
kidnapping for half a billion
I'd be set for life.
Giulio, trust me.
It'd be better if you did the pools.
I've got to
do the pools?
Perhaps, and the
lottery too, eh?
Iona,
look...
you've only got
to lend me the car.
I..
I'll find two friends.
- In fact, I've already found them.
- So?
I'll kidnap the girl,
then I'll hide
her some place...
and the Commentator...
he'll pay, you'll see.
Giulio, it's stupid.
Come on, lend
me the car.
Then I swear
I'll give you...
I can't say love,
but I'll keep screwing you
for the rest of your life.
Oh, come on...
We'll never catch him.
On that pump we found the
fingerprints of everybody in Milan.
A man who Kills this way
has something else on
his conscience, or he's mad.
The whole city's
becoming a mad-house.
And we're the
targets in the game.
3 policemen: 50 lire.
We're in trouble,
I'm telling you.
There's no choice but
to hope for a tip-off.
- You've started the ball rolling?
- 10 road-blocks.
We stopped 31 people,
got two car thieves caught in the act.
One of the thieves was
already out by this evening.
He asked me for a light.
They're right to
make fun of us.
Sadly we only
catch them rarely,
and when we do,
they let them out in 24 hours.
Rest assured he'll steal
another car by this evening.
And if a night watchman nabs him,
he'll just stab away.
If I catch one, I swear to you I'll
shoot instead of arresting him.
It's talk. Just talk.
If something's certain,
there's no risk.
Anyone can
pocket a ransom.
But then the cops go into
action and screw you.
Know why they
screw you?
Because the mugs
free the hostage.
Whereas if you kill him...
there's no risk.
No proof, no leads,
nothing...
- Yes, but...
- But?
- It's murder.
- Why murder?
It's self-defence.
Boys, only one
thing counts:
either you have money
and you're someone
or you don't have any
and you're a doormat.
- You can be convincing.
- I'm talking about half a billion.
You know how much
half a billion is
Do you know how much half a billion is,
my little tobacconist?
It's...
It's... 500 million!
"500 million"... see
how it fills your mouth.
Just like a whore.
- Giulio, do you want to kidnap the mayor?
- Forget politicians.
With things as
they are today...
they'll give you 500
million butterflies.
- I know who.
- Who?
Who?
Who?
See how good I am.
If there's someone worth
half a billion... it's her.
We'll combine business
with pleasure, as they say.
Beautiful!
Boys, it's a bit
late to back out now.
You're already in.
- Thanks.
- No problem, Mary Lou.
My name's Giulio!
Why did you
say your name?
Because I'm polite,
we're not risking anything.
Now we've got to
go and get a car.
- Are we going to steal it?
- Yes, from someone who won't report it.
We need a clean
number plate.
Let's go!
- Are you sure?
- Yes, I've got it in the car.
- Come on, I'm starving!
- You're always hungry.
Come on...
- Well?
- They stole my car.
- You're joking?
- I left it here!
What now?
- Let's go and eat.
- But you've got to report it!
No, maybe my
boyfriend took it.
In fact, he
definitely took it.
As if they'd
steal that rust-box!
Not hungry any more?
- Who is it, daddy?
- The usual people.
They're all idiots,
fuck them!
Still on the ball, dad?
Weren't you with Majone?
I recognised you straight away.
Tell me, are you
still with Majone?
Yes, but now I
want to do it alone.
- Daddy, I need 3 rosaries.
- A novena?
No, a funeral mass.
Fuck them!
Keep calm!
We've got to help the youngsters!
Why do you
call him "daddy"?
He's old.
It's not that he did my mother,
poor woman.
I never met her.
Which services?
A prayer is good if
it's done in advance.
Otherwise it's worthless.
Arms are 100,000 each
returnable when empty.
Really!
Daddy wants 100,000
to rent a submachine gun.
If you fire them, 3 Pater,
Ave e Glorias for 6 months.
And for receiving grace:
remission of sins.
So if we perforate someone with these,
you'll keep the deposit.
That's the commandment.
So, Pater, Ave e Gloria.
300,000 times 3
gives a total of... 900,000.
But if they don't
catch us for 6 months,
you'll return
the money, right?
They put two of mine
in the clink last week.
Immediate loss of two rosaries.
They're rare goods.
Rare goods, right.
Fuck them!
She's got a
problem with us, eh?
Mother isn't in anymore.
In my day Nina asked 10 lire
a fuck in the Piazza del Duomo
while everyone
was singing
"If I could have
1,000 lire a month...".
- I had a lot of money then!
- And men banging your wife!
Nina brought me
1,000 lire a day!
Alright, it's a deal.
300 plus 900...
1,200,000, fine.
But we haven't
got any money.
They're embarrassed, daddy.
They're embarrassed because
we haven't got the money.
Boys, you're Majone's friends.
Pay me when you want.
We don't like
debts, daddy.
Daddy!
What did they do
to you? Coward!
- Are you crazy?
- Give me the gun.
Will they put you in Purgatory
after all those tricks?
Quick! Quick,
they're swindling us!
What need was
there to kill them?
You talk and talk, but it's you
who gives importance to money.
Of course I give it importance,
but it's negative.
Why don't you kiss me now?
- Because I love you.
- What do you do when you love a woman?
Stop it, you
make me feel stupid.
Mary Lou, try and understand,
I want to marry you, but...
- But?
- It's a question of principle.
Gianni, my father's got the money,
not me.
So tell your father that you
don't want any of it.
You know what
our kids will say?
"Dad, you're useless,
we want granddad's bread".
And I want you...
Beautiful, Mary Lou,
just beautiful!
Boys, a chance like this won't
come to us again!
Never again!
When she sees a ball
she loses her bearings!
She's not sure if what she's got
in her hand is a cock or a racquet.
Hey, hey! What's up,
tobacconist?
You're thinking
about the old people?
Don't think about them,
they're not thinking any more.
Here. Wait.
Have one, take it.
- Take it.
- What is it?
This was invented by people
who go to university
for us who didn't, so that we
don't have to bother about it.
Come on.
- Come on!
- I don't want it.
You said you
don't want it?
Tobacconist, it's too late
to change your mind.
Listen, from now on
you'll do what I tell you.
Understood?
Giulio's got a rule:
"Who ever knows is in
and who ever knows but isn't in...
- croaks".
- Let's not argue.
Carmine's in.
Right, Carmine?
Of course he's in,
open your mouth.
- What if it makes me feel bad?
- I said open your mouth.
Like this.
Like this.
Look. Pay attention,
see how I do it.
Come on.
It's good for you.
Come on, for god's sake!
Done.
Mary Lou
No Gianni,
don't open it!
Don't open it,
they're armed!
We're hungry!
We're hungry, understand?
Please, don't open it!
Miss Mary Lou,
we're hungry!
No!
Sister, the Archangel
Gabriel sent us
to protect your virginity.
Gianni, don't be stupid!
Gianni!
Don't look at
me like that.
Don't look at
me like that!
I said don't look
at me like that!
You're good, boy!
Giulio! Giulio, she's escaped!
I'll get you.
I swear I'll get you, bitch.
What happened to you?
An accident? Come in!
- Romano, who is it?
- Marta, go and see.
Before someone
gets you into trouble.
- What happened?
- She must have had an accident she's feels bad.
A car accident?
Maybe someone else has been injured.
Close the door
and the windows.
- What did she say?
- I don't know, she's raving.
For me the oil
crisis is a good thing.
Every one on foot
like the old days
and you even
improve your health.
Come on, at your age,
you couldn't do without a car.
- Try to calm down.
- They've killed Gianni!
Drink, drink.
You'll suffocate her like that!
You can't do anything!
One perfect person in
the family's enough!
Give me a drop, these things
make me feel empty here.
Fill up the old man too,
so, later we can be alone.
Sweetie, a little cognac?
And the coronaries?
If I feel bad you'll have to
be at my bedside all night.
Hey! She's talking
about a robbery!
The girl says men with
machine guns attacked her.
Liar! Yes,
she's a liar!
Don't believe her,
she's a liar.
What do you want from us?
We don't even know the girl.
But now you know me,
you worm.
You murdered Gianni!
You killed Gianni...
Quiet, liar!
We won't say anything,
take the girl away. I beg you!
We're not saints.
Right, but he
wants to pray.
You want to pray, right book-keeper?
On your knees.
On your knees!
On your knees!
You too, quickly!
Boys, if you need a
little bread I can pay.
Vittorio, lock
her in the bathroom.
Here, like this.
Pull the chain.
Listen, I don't
know if you agree...
but I've always
found people who live
only for money a
bit disgusting.
Yes, there are other values
in life aren't there?
For example...
brotherly love.
You know about
brotherly love, eh?
Let's see if you're up to it.
Up to brotherly
love, come on.
What are you waiting for?
But... I can't.
I'm for sexual equality,
I'm not bothered.
Come on, book-keeper.
Cover him.
An old friend, Walter.
Three sentences for robbery,
but all stuff before the war.
Seemed he'd calmed down, but...
he trafficked arms.
She was an ex-prostitute.
They were together their whole lives
and they died together.
Right, the same old story.
He dealt in arms for 30 years
without us realising it.
Obviously he only sold his wares
to people he knew well.
So it's got to be someone from
his own crowd who cheated him.
Whoever Killed him urgently
needed to procure this stuff
we'll soon get news
about him, you'll see.
You think so?
Relax, haven't you
ever played roulette?
Come on, Giulio,
it's your turn.
- A million on red.
- Two million.
See the million
on the black.
Spin, spin!
I owe you a million,
but I want to do this red-head first!
Beautiful red-head!
Giulio, somebody's here.
Floriana
Floriana
Answer, Floriana!
Murderer, coward!
Murderer! Pig,
you killed her!
You killed my
daughter! Floriana!
- My daughter!
- That's enough!
- Have you seen him before?
- Of course, he was Mary Lou's friend.
- You knew they went out together?
- Yes, I knew.
- What's happened to my daughter?
- We'll do every thing we can to find her.
- Why did they kill him like that?
- I don't know.
There aren't any reasons.
Some days ago,
right in the centre of Milan,
they stabbed a night watchman
to death for 600 lire.
9mm Sten.
If it's the same machine gun
that killed the old couple,
then they didn't
even let it cool down.
There's worse to come.
Inspector Grandi, please come,
there's been a massacre.
In a villa, five dead!
- Nobody can go in.
- Let me past.
- Please let me go up.
- I'm sorry, nobody can.
- You know this man?
- No, never seen him.
A 7 year old girl.
Same caliber.
- Almost certainly the same weapon.
- Get them to check.
- Mr Porrino, you are very wealthy?
- Yes.
So there's hope.
For your daughter, I mean.
It might be a kidnapping.
So I'm ready to pay
whatever they want.
Any sum.
Perfect.
One of us must
always be here.
In fact, two's better.
Mary Lou, darling.
Don't be afraid.
When daddy coughs up,
you'll play tennis again
and get screwed in
your car, dirty girl.
Life's great, eh?
- Are we safe here?
- Of course.
We're safe here...
only if we're sure.
Shit, things got a little bit
out of hand last night.
Right, but maybe
it's for the best.
So Scrooge McDuck
won't think we're joking.
We're definitely in it up to our necks now,
all three of us
half a billion on the one hand
and a life sentence on the other.
Unless we stop asking for a ransom...
Maybe we were just crazy and drunk,
last night.
They'll put us in a hospital.
In San Vittore prison.
Maybe not...
Carmine, what
the hell's up?
- Why are you squirming like that?
- I don't feel well.
- You don't feel well?
- No.
The party made
you sick, eh?
Listen... listen.
You can feel
sick if you want,
but try and find a bush instead
of shitting yourself here.
God can take a shit.
But if you take one
step past the bushes,
I'll stop the
diarrhea with this.
Have I made
myself clear, angel?
I only said I felt sick,
but I'll tell you something else.
You're not smart
you're a poor fanatic.
That's enough!
What happened, happened.
And you weren't exactly
collecting daisies last night.
You're right, Giulio,
we've got to finish this.
- There's no other choice.
- We're three filthy murderers.
Really?
I'm still getting
used to it.
Go and take
a shit!
Hurry up.
I've got to go.
- Keep an eye on him.
- He does what I tell him.
And you do
what I tell you.
All right?
Giulio, why don't
we get the girl
to write the
letter straight away?
Too early.
We mustn't give the impression
we're in a hurry.
Because people in
a hurry are scared.
Get it?
The "Font of Wisdom".
What the hell do you have
in that hard head of yours?
If you needed the car,
you could have phoned me.
What's yours is mine and
what's mine belongs to who?
Still yours, Giulio!
Great! Great!
I told you I needed your car
for a job worth half a billion.
Giulio, you haven't
done anything stupid?
No, I killed three men,
two women and a girl.
- Very funny.
- Great, eh?
Iona, listen...
Forget the paper. What do you
care about the papers?
- Listen...
- What?
Joking apart,
If I told you that...
I'd killed someone,
what would you do?
- I'd go to the police.
- Really.
You can bet on it.
- I don't believe you.
- I'd go straight to them.
I was about to
report you about the car!
Really?
- You're evil,
- Sure.
You're evil, but I'm good.
And you know why I'm good?
Instead of taking
you to the office,
I'm taking you
to the lakes.
Yes... but I
heed to keep my job.
Maybe you're
right, though.
Nobody will die if I don't
go to the office one day.
Of course.
I told you to
forget the paper.
- I'll tell you a joke.
- Okay.
A negro goes to university
and the dean asks him:
"Which field are you in?"
And the negro replies:
"Won't they give me a desk?"
What a sight.
Beautiful.
You know this lake's one
of the deepest in the world?
You know you're really
strange this morning?
Am I?
Since when have you been
interested in the depth of lakes?
You want me to be interested
only in your depths?
You always end up there.
Look.
3 MEN, 2 WOMEN AND A GIRL KILLED.
KIDNAPPED A YOUNG GIRL.
You...
-...You really did it?
- Of course.
Maniac.
Murderer!
Leave me alone!
No! Leave me alone!
No! Leave me alone!
TORTURED AND KILLED
INDUSTRIALIST PORRINO'S DAUGHTER DISAPPEARS
- Who is it?
- They got in touch.
I'm on my way.
Maybe this is it,
inspector.
How much is
she worth to you?
How do I know you
have my daughter?
It's Porrino's phone.
You've got to trust us.
How is my daughter?
Don't hurt her, I beg you!
Let me speak
to Mary Lou now!
- Commentator...
- Let me speak!
I'll pay what you want,
but I must know she's alive!
Okay, you'll have
proof she's alive.
But if you want to see
her again in one piece,
no police. Clear?
- What?
- No police.
Yes, yes! I'll
do anything.
- That's all for now.
- Be kind, give me some proof.
Hello? Hello?
Inspector, from the
Piazza Cordisio metro station.
- Why don't you send someone?
- To watch the trains leaving?
Lambrusco.
Disgusting, I haven't eaten yet!
But it will do for this pill.
When I receive the money
from your daddy,
I'll have a champagne
bidet every morning.
Understand,
lovely Mary Lou?
Write!
Listen to him, write what
he says or he'll beat you up.
He can't wait.
I can't wait.
Write: "Dear daddy,
Well... if I write...
you'll kill me afterwards.
Mary Lou, I've got
nothing against you.
Like
when you stick
your knife in a steak,
you don't think about
the poor cow, right?
But you've got
to live anyway.
Your daddy's got a lot
of money and I haven't...
If I'd asked him for it he wouldn't
have given it to me, right?
If T write and
my father pays...
you'll kill me,
you'll kill me anyway.
That's why it doesn't matter
if I see your face.
You've enjoyed life until now,
haven't you?
I want that too.
Twenty years of riches and then
I swear I'd even shoot myself.
You'll never get anything
from me! Nothing!
Kill me if you want,
I'm not writing anything.
If she screams like that
someone might hear her.
You know, Mary Lou,
there are many ways to die.
One's like this.
But it doesn't last long.
Another's like this...
and it lasts even less time.
Or I could pull
out your eyes.
I could send
you to your father
with your eyes in
your hands like Saint Lucia.
He's not going far,
he's sick.
Alright.
Seeing as you
don't want to write,
lets see if you'll be
useful for something.
- Come on here!
- No, leave me alone!
- Vittorio, do her!
- No!
Come on! Do it!
Maybe you prefer
her like this!
Well, come on!
Come on!
Vittorio, come on!
Come here, come on!
Wow let her alone.
She'll write, you'll see!
That's enough, Giulio.
Now you've got it, haven't you?
So take the pen and write.
Write!
"Dear daddy,
they want 500 grand."
No, erase"grand".
Put "500 million".
Comma.
"If not they'll ass-fu...
No, erase that, or your
father will think we're scum.
"Otherwise they'll put my
head in the toilet bowl
and they will
pull the chain".
No, strike "the
chain" seems like a joke.
"They'll put my head
in the toilet bowl.
I love you,
Mary Lou".
Vittorio, hop over to Switzerland.
Post it and come back.
It'll take you 4
or 5 hours by bus.
Go!
Lift it! Lift it!
- What's going on?
- An accident.
They've fished out a woman,
must have fallen in with the car.
Cartridge "A",
from the villa massacre.
Cartridge "B",
found next to Mary Lou Porrino's car.
Cartridge "C",
found in the tinsmith's shop.
All fired by the same machine gun.
The firing pin is displaced
by three-tenths of a millimetre.
It's as if it signs
the bullets it fires.
If he carries on shooting,
he'll solve our traffic problems.
- A woman in the lake: interested?
- Alright, I'm coming.
Fished out two hours ago.
- Well?
- You told me to point out the dead.
She's dead,
isn't she?
Iona Tucci, Milan.
26 Via Solferino.
Doesn't prove anything,
they print half a
million copies a day.
You're right,
keep me informed.
She worked for Porrino.
- What? Who are you talking about?
- The dead woman.
A good girl, she worked
for us for three years.
- When did it happen?
- Yesterday morning,
she ended up in
Lake Como with her Mini.
If she'd come to work regularly,
she wouldn't be dead.
- Looks like they pushed her in.
- Pushed her in?
Do you think there could
be a connection with...
I don't know.
We can't say yet.
But it's a suspicious
coincidence.
No news?
None, for now.
They'll call again,
here or at home.
The ransom request almost
always follows the first call.
That's the routine.
Can I talk to some of the
poor woman's colleagues?
Of course,
come with me.
Taxi!
- Where are we going?
- To the left, go.
- Was he seeing Iona for long?
- A year.
I'm first!
You're sure Giulio
Sacchi lives here?
I think so,
I came here once with Iona.
Wait for me.
Hey, little boy.
Which floor for Giulio Sacchi?
He lives on the sixth floor
but he's never here.
Go! It's your turn!
Because you won Jack!
What do you have to do?
Do like every one else, stupid!
You raise the
price of the drinks.
Remember my
kickback, clear?
Who is it?
What do you want?
Listen, Majone, listen.
You've got to
do me a favour,
you know how I am,
a bit of a chicken.
Wait, because people are a
little nervous around here.
You told me I'm a chicken,
didn't you?
Listen to me,
if I get angry I'll sing.
- You trying to threaten me?
- I'll sing, Majone.
- From the bank to the billiards.
- You trying to threaten me?
- You know what I can do to you?
- Listen, Majone, listen.
I don't know
where I'll end up,
but I know where
you'll wind up.
I know where you'll wind up
if you don't do what I tell you.
According to what
the landlady said,
he was the only man who went
out with that poor woman.
We've got to
find him right away.
It's unlikely he's involved
in the kidnapping. But...
Maybe he's not involved
but someone
drowning in a car
they'd stolen from
her the day before...
Makes you curious,
doesn't it?
When did he disappear?
For example, she didn't go
to work yesterday. Nor today.
- You're the husband?
- No...
- Family?
- No, I'm...
We are... really
good friends.
You've got to find a man
from Sesto San Giovanni.
He's called Giulio Sacchi.
Yes, Giulio Sacchi.
Sir
-I'm Giulio Sacchi.
- Wait a moment.
- What did you say?
- Giulio Sacchi, it's my name.
- You're from Sesto San Giovanni?
- Yes.
Forget it, I've
already found him.
What's happened, sir?
Why are you here?
He's come to report the
disappearance of his girlfriend.
- Iona Tucci?
- Yes, Iona Tucci.
- What's happened, sir?
- An accident.
- An accident?
- Come with me.
Iona's dead,
right inspector?
Have we met before?
I don't know but tell me
the truth, is Iona dead?
Yes, in the lake,
with the car.
What? She told me
they'd stolen the car.
Maybe it's not her,
inspector.
Oh god, Iona!
My dear Iona...
Iona's dead!
When did she tell you
they'd stolen the car?
The day before yesterday.
I called her and told
her I couldn't go out.
- Do you have any previous?
- What do you mean, "previous"?
Previous convictions.
Have you already been
involved with the police?
Previous? I'm a
clean person! Clean!
Get them to check.
Where were you at night
the day before yesterday?
At billiards.
When Iona didn't
want to, I...
I've always been alone,
ever since I was small
nobody loved me.
Only Iona loved me!
Why are you asking these questions?
I'm a man who's suffering!
Why the questions?
Because I believe someone
threw her in the lake.
We've taken less
because of the Vice Squad.
- 30%?
- Almost.
Only the Idroscalo and Lambro
are saving us.
- The girls are scared.
- Boss...
The police are here
with that chicken, Giulio.
You stay here,
I'll kill him later.
Make yourself
comfortable, inspector.
Anselmo, whisky.
No, no. You
know this man?
Sure. He come
here sometimes.
Try to be precise,
it's about a murder.
Where do I fit in?
When did you
last see him?
- Who, him?
- No, your grand mother.
- Just a minute...
- Mr Majone, we played poker until dawn.
Oh, yes!
Yesterday, no...
yes, two days ago.
So, can I go, inspector?
Why? You're with friends,
aren't you?
I'll give you
some advice.
Sleep at home at
night for a while.
- I may have to come and wake you.
- Alright, inspector.
Now I'll chop
your balls off.
No you won't, the inspector
counts them every night.
I'd have to explain
where I left them.
One wrong word and I'll
put you six feet under.
- Hello?
- You'll get the proof tomorrow morning.
We want 500 million in two suitcases
5 and 10,000 lire used notes.
Understand, Commentator?
Alright, but don't harm her.
I'll give you the money.
My daughter
won't say anything,
there's nothing
to be afraid of.
Two suitcases with
250 million weigh a lot,
nobody needs to carry them.
- We'll tell you the place afterwards.
- Yes.
Please do it quickly!
- Don't be in a rush.
- Hello? Hello?
Quick, take it
to the inspector.
Come on, eat.
You'll just make it worse.
I can't... anyway...
- Every thing okay, tobacconist?
- Yes, everything's fine.
Don't make that face,
it's nearly over.
The old man's
bitten and he'll pay.
Life's good, eh?
A good lunch...
The 500 million's
on its way, boys.
500 million divided by 3 is...
200 million for me
and 150 for each of you.
What can you do
with 150 million?
Giulio, don't kill her.
She won't say anything if we save her life.
You've got a
crush on her!
It's gutless to get paid
and kill her anyway.
You think it's gutless?
You know what
gets me in the guts?
Being born without bread
or the chance of making any.
That's gutless!
Don't you understand
we're in a jungle?
And then...
didn't we agree...
on the kidnapping,
the bread and the six feet under?
Tell me, yes or no?
I know, but it seemed easier
before, at least for me.
Don't you think we've
killed enough people?
No. Not while there's just one
who could put us in prison.
And to prove to you
that I'm not joking...
I'll tell you that I
also killed my girlfriend.
What?
I killed my woman.
I threw her in the lake
with the car and everything.
You know why?
Because she knew too much.
The cow would
have betrayed me.
That's why.
They found her today,
and tomorrow
they'll get you and us with you!
Let go of my hand,
Vittorio, alright?
Who do you
think you are?
You and this shit here.
Two street tarts!
That's what you are!
But remember that if your
pockets are full one day
you owe it to me!
Alright, I killed her! So?
And I went to
the police, so?
Listen to me.
We won't leave evidence.
I won't leave evidence.
We'll hide the money
for l, 2, 3 or 4
years if necessary.
We've got nothing
to worry about.
We won't have alibis.
Who cares about alibis?
Alibis can
be made up.
You, for instance.
Where were you on Monday last week?
Come on, where
were you Monday?
See?
And you?
Where were you on the 26th
of last month at 3:10 pm?
Come on!
Boys, we're people who
live from day to day!
What effing alibi should
people like us have?
Loads of people have
seen us together in the bar.
Who cares!
What does it mean?
What have we
done wrong?
Is it a crime to be in a bar?
I don't get it.
Be careful, that's all.
We give the dust time
to settle and the dust settles.
A dead person
isn't news these days.
When the police
search in the dark,
they're the first
to want to forget it.
Lets hope it
goes like you say.
But we've got to
get on with it.
Once the letter's arrived
it'll all be over in 24 hours.
I swear on my filthy life.
From Switzerland
but your daughter's
certainly much closer.
I'm ready to pay,
Superintendent.
You must get them to
interrupt the investigation.
I want my daughter
to come home and then...
It's a mistake to
pay and put yourself
in the hands of
those murderers.
There's nothing
else for it,
the money doesn't
matter to me.
You recall that terrible massacre
carried out in that villa?
Believe me, it's stupid
to try dealing
with such criminals.
Even if you pay,
they'll still kill your daughter.
I've got to try
and save her anyway.
We've got to stop helping
criminals get away with it.
And you want to stop them
using my daughter's life?
Mr Porrino, don't you want to see
how things really stand?
If you pay,
you have no hope of ever
seeing her alive again.
They've already murdered
a lot of people.
They'll do anything.
Why should they run
the risk of letting her live?
Inspector, may I
decide about my daughter,
or do you
want to decide?
Superintendent,
he's been threatened, but not us.
You're wrong there, inspector,
we're all threatened.
Do you have
some good reason
to propose a more
realistic alternative?
Yes, if Mr Porrino
decides to collaborate.
- What do you want to do?
- I'll collaborate.
I'll collaborate,
but afterwards!
Afterwards will be too late
to save your daughter
and it'll also be
too late for justice.
Please make them suspend the
investigation, Superintendent.
One or two days.
Suspend surveillance
for 48 hours.
What are you doing?
Solitaire?
Where are we going?
I don't know about you,
I'm going to sleep.
- Two days holiday.
- And these?
- Surveillance has been suspended.
- Orders from the big boss?
Yes, we've got to leave
the kidnappers in peace
or they'll get scared
and won't get their money.
Got a cigarette?
I'm out.
Me too.
I checked out Sacchi.
Clean criminal record.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm sure
I have seen him somewhere.
I should get
some sleep.
Inspector, where do you go
for cigarette at this hour?
Hello? Did you
receive the letter?
Good, listen to me.
Open your ears and no tricks.
It's tonight at 11.
Seventeenth milestone
on the old lakes road.
Come alone and
with the money.
He's coming. Let's hope
he hasn't made a mess of it.
- Well? Did it go all right?
- Yes, I placed all five.
Well done. Lets hope
it's true because...
A treasure hunt
must be well organised.
Or it will all go wrong.
Isn't it dangerous to get him
to leave the money right there?
Dangerous?
No, you don't
get it, do you?
They'll never
think of it.
That's the genius
of Giulio Sacchi.
Who's the kidnapper
who gets them
to take the
money to his home?
Only me, because I am a gentleman!
Because...
Stop wanking will you?
- Vittorio, go to the place in Cernusco.
- Alright.
Make sure that the
Commentators got
no-one in front
of or behind him.
Check the air too,
understand?
- The police have learnt how to fly.
- Alright.
And you, angel,
go to the place in Segrate.
It's 3 kilometres on foot.
Anyway, daddy is here.
If something goes wrong,
don't worry.
Stay where you are.
I've done 150 kilometres on the scooter
can't I stay here?
No!
Open up your
ears and no tricks.
It's tonight at 11.
17th milestone on
the old lakes road.
Come alone and
with the money.
Thank you, you
are a friend.
Yes, but try not
to create problems.
If the girl dies we
are all in trouble.
Don't worry. Get ready with the car,
we are leaving right now.
Call the Como
Traffic Police Command.
Km. 10 A4 MOTORWAY
CERNUSCO EXIWhat up?
Please, I'm in a hurry.
Documents, please.
Here, but be quick,
I am in a hurry.
- I'm sorry it's not in order
- What do you mean?
- Get out, come with me.
-Please, I can't.
Phone the Superintendent,
he knows me.
I'm Commentator Porrino.
You still need to have
your documents in order.
I repeat, I have the
Superintendent's permission.
What do you
want from me?
If the police
have learned to fly
it's in order
to get the birds.
LEAVE THE CASH BY THE RIVERSIDE
IN 24 HOURS WE WILL FREE THE GIRL
That's it, my lovely.
Let go.The
other one too.
Well done.
Well done.
You should be happy.
You've got a
daddy who loves you.
You know what a
friend of mine once said
who thinks he's
better that anyone else?
That I was a chicken.
Get it? I was a chicken.
You think so too?
Tell me what
you think of me.
Go on, tell me
what you think of me.
Say it!
You are just a
shit full of drugs.
It's over you shit!
No!
Why did you do it? No!
Stop it,
Carmine.
Coward, coward!
- Don't play stupid with me
- Coward.
Don't be stupid with me!
Shit!
You shouldn't have
done that Carmine.
I heard the
machine gun. You...
Yes, I killed her.
I killed her
- We'll hide her later.
- I wonder how Carmine will take it.
I don't care
about Carmine anymore.
Not, that ...
the suitcases
are up there.
- Seen any on he on your way here?
- No, no-one.
Is it a good
idea to get them?
We'll have to,
sooner or later.
Well... better
sooner than later.
Come on,
lets do it.
Quick.
Lets go.
Half a billion in a
suitcase worth 100,000.
We're set.
If you use one to
wipe your ass every day,
you got enough
for 20 years.
Maybe it was worth
getting rid of someone for this.
Of course it was.
Did you doubt my genius?
I've cleaned everything too,
so we won't leave any prints.
Carmine should be here by now,
if everything went smoothly.
Everything went smoothly,
Vittorio, it always
goes smoothly with me.
But if Carmine
hasn't returned
maybe we're in
danger already.
Carmine's
been already.
He's over there...
dead.
I killed him because he wanted
to defend that tart.
- He attacked me from behind.
- Are you crazy?
- Carmine was my friend.
- So what? He was my friend too.
If they find him dead here,
they'll catch me!
It's your fault!
They'll find you as well!
This way they
won't catch you.
They definitely
won't catch you.
You won't
trick me, idiot.
- Surround the boat!
- Quickly, get down!
Don't worry
about me, move it!
There is a suitcase here!
Let's go.
- The girl's dead.
- Too late.
Sacchi. I bet
it was Sacchi.
Maybe, but keep calm.
He couldn't have got very far.
Good, I'll sort you out.
That's enough.
That's enough.
I'm Ugo Majone, I want to talk
to Inspector Walter Grandi.
You stay here as well
- He's not here.
- We were conned.
Leave two guards.
We'll sweep the area tomorrow morning.
Okay, but lets get you
to the hospital now.
A communication for Inspector Grandl.
That's me, speak.
Sacchi has been seen
in Cologno Monzese.
The Majone billiard hall.
I repeat,
Cologno Monzese.
- Good, lets go right now!
- Your leg!
Don't worry about my leg.
Lets go. Hurry up!
He's a swindling bastard
who would cheat his mother.
That's not true,
they beat me because I was winning
and they didn't
want to pay me.
A little game
amongst friends.
But it's the
principle that counts.
They messed him up like that
then they slipped away.
They did the right thing,
even if it was against the law.
In any case I
don't want any trouble.
And I informed
you immediately.
Dry!
You've changed
son of a bitch!
What are you doing?
He didn't keep his cards there!
Quiet, keep quiet.
This pig killed a lot of people.
And if you are
covering up for him Majone,
this time you are finished.
He killed a lot of people?
Then put him
away for life, so
he'll stop cheating
his friends.
Yes, right. Understood.
- How long's he been here?
- I don't know.
I've got better things to do than
keep an eye on that lout.
Roughly?
Three or four hours.
The tussle started
an hour ago.
Friends, keep me
out of trouble!
Did you get the question?
When did this shit start?
Between eleven and
midnight Mr Majone.
Arrest all of them!
My head...
- All of them!
- Lean on me.
An ambulance, quick!
They'll keep you
in until the trial.
Tell me where
the suitcase is?
- Or don't you trust me?
- No, I trust you.
I trust you, but
let's wait till I'm out.
Get out, out!
- Get out! Clear?
- Keep your hands off!
You too!
I've done nothing!
They beat me up because I was winning.
This one even called
me a "little turd"!
- Come on, quickly get out!
- I'll show you!
Let's go, Majone!
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Come in.
- Did you understand Sir? It's a legal point.
- Yes, yes.
- Hello.
- How are things?
Nobody can say that I
don't proceed cautiously.
- Please sit down.
- Thank you.
Inspector, I'm pleased to see you
after all that's happened.
I am sorry but my client
is completely uninvolved.
Who's your
client this time?
That poor jobless man,
Giulio Sacchi.
Clean as a whistle.
With a cast iron alibi
and no evidence which could justify
his staying in
prison for three weeks.
It's a typically
Italian scandal.
I spoke to the President of the
Higher Court yesterday.
I see.
Might I ask
what money that
poor jobless
man is paying you?
Your fees
are very high.
Don't offend me.
I didn't embrace this
profession for money alone.
- When an innocent citizen...
- Innocent citizen?
He's paying the
witnesses and you too, sir.
With Mr Porrino's money.
This is an insult, I protest!
Oh please,
I have examined the documents.
There is nothing to
incriminate him, Inspector.
Are you quite
sure Judge?
I have no doubt that
Giulio Sacchi was the Killer.
Have you seen the photos of
the cartridges in the report?
The machine-gun with which
he shot at us was the same
as the one with which
he killed all the others.
Yes, we've got the evidence that
it was the same machine-gun.
But we're not giving a
machine-gun a life sentence.
And there is no hard evidence
that connects it to Sacchi.
Who else?
When we found the
night watchman dead, he was there.
I saw him.
And it was his girlfriend
we fished out of the lake.
Her colleagues confirmed that
he picked her up outside her office.
He first saw Mr
Porrino's daughter there.
The bodies on the boat
were Giulio Sacchi's friends!
Who, moreover, disappeared
on the day of the kidnapping.
Isn't that evidence, Judge?
Suspicions, coincidences,
clues maybe.
But not enough
for a court.
I have to have him
released Inspector, I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
Tell that to that poor man, Porrino.
Tell that to the people
he massacred in the villa.
Alright, you
let him out.
And then ask
him forgiveness
in the name of
the Italian people.
When he mows
someone else down
we'll have him
on our conscience.
Preventing crimes is
your job, Inspector.
You'll receive copy
of the release order.
He's just doing his job.
It's us who aren't
able to do ours.
As Giulio Sacchi
has shown.
They want evidence
as big as the Pirelli skyscraper
to give someone
a life sentence.
You can do anything
here if you got this.
Don't you read the newspapers,
you bunch of illiterates?
We're talking about
200...300...400 hundred million
if it's not a billion,
a billion and a half.
How are they going to catch them?
When are they going to catch them?
- You're right.
- Giulio, a cripple's looking for you.
A cripple?
What does a cripple want from me?
- He's been looking for you for three days.
- A cripple?
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
How's it going, sir?
Looking for me?
They told me at the
police headquarters
about the accident you had.
I'm sorry,
come and join me.
Will you have some?
Look, it's French champagne.
They told me about your leg.
Listen, about that thing,
I'm not involved,
I can explain.
- You don't have to explain anything.
- Inspector, I...
Get ready, Sacchi,
you're finished.
What do you mean,
"finished"?
I haven't done anything.
I condemn you to
death for kidnapping,
violence and massacre.
Listen, look...
- Inspector, just a minute!
-Stop!
The police can't shoot!
Stop!
The police can't shoot, Inspector!
There's no proof!
There's no proof
against me, Inspector!
He's
crazy!
He's
crazy!
He's
crazy!
Inform the
Public Prosecutor.
Tell him ex-Inspector Grandi
has killed Giulio Sacchi.
Any reference to persons
living or dead is unintentional.
ALMOST HUMAN
Sir, what type
of car is this?
Go away, it's
dangerous to stay here.
Is this car yours?
I asked if
this car is yours.
-The car?
-It's in a no-waiting area.
I've got to fine you, alright?
Will you decide or not?
Lets go! The police!
Go! Go!
- Help, mummy!
- Hurry up!
Don't shoot, they've
taken my child.
Step on it,
you idiot!
Shut up!
The clutch is slipping!
Don't move!
Quickly!
Move!
Mummy!
Go faster or
they'll get us!
Come on, don't cry!
Lets go!
He had found out, he understood everything!
What could I have done?
-He nearly caught us.
-No, you bastard!
He would have found us,
Mr Majone.
You should have let
him find you, get it?
He asked for my license,
what could I do?
You should have made
something up, you chicken!
You almost made us kill
a load of people, coward!
I had to shoot!
You lot, get lost!
I had to shoot.
I swear I had to shoot.
Enough! Enough!
Please!
I couldn't do
anything else.
Enough! Enough!
I beg you, don't touch me.
Get out of my
sight forever,
before I crush your balls,
if you've got any.
Let's go.
I'm coming.
I'm coming!
-Good evening, Mrs.Clerk
-What do you want at this hour?
I need cash.
Come in.
I need a load of money.
-What's happened?
-That's my business.
What do you think happened?
I need money.
-So, what's new?
-Give it to me, come on!
Bad luck, I'm broke.
You're not broke,
you're old!
Here's the
poor old countess.
She's so ugly
when she sleeps!
- Can't you see how ugly she is?
- Stop it, you'll wake her.
Stop it, Iona,
you also think I'm...
- a good for nothing, don't you?
- Come on, Giulio!
I think that if you really wanted to,
you could try to work.
It becomes a habit,
you know?
Work? Don't
make me laugh!
Should I go and sell apples
or be a brick-layer?
Imagine what it must be like in winter,
with the Milan weather.
Selling your life 8
hours a day every day
until you drag your feet
towards a state-run home.
While there are people like
your boss who make millions
and put it all
in Switzerland.
- You think that's fair?
- What are you doing?
What are you
looking for?
- The money. Where did you put it?
- I don't have any.
Iona, don't try and be clever with me.
Where did you put it?
I told you, I
haven't got any.
Don't play clever with me.
Where did you put it?
- Listen, Giulio...
- You are a pain in the arse!
You like it when I
fuck you, eh? No?
And you don't even pay me.
You didn't give me a present today.
When you drink
you become stupid
and you feel like
Napoleon, don't you?
Napoleon had a cock like this,
you've seen the paintings?
I'll make you see
Napoleon, you bitch.
Now I'll show you.
And you think I thrashed
her for this shit here?
Do me a favour!
When you take a risk...
it's for something big!
It's a battle!
A battle!
And in these cases you
can also get kicked!
- It's part of the risk.
- How much did you get?
Definitely more than us two
make in a week, Carmine.
Well, well! Crafty, Vittorio.
You shit.
You shit!
Aren't you ashamed?
- Look.
- What? That's 300 lire!
What can you do
with 300 lire?
300 lire! You
really make me sad!
If you talk,
talk about millions!
Three million, thirty million...
Otherwise it's best to die of hunger.
You should be ashamed of
snatching handbags, it's just shit.
So go whoring with your handbag!
You're pathetic!
- You're right.
- So, shall we go?
- I'll piss on bag snatching!
- What an idiot! He just talks!
When you see a policeman you
shit yourself! Go sell your arse!
- I shit on the knife!
- You're full of shit!
Very good! Now
we'll take a walk
to the police station!
Let's go!
600 lire.
This man died for 600 lire.
Has the family been told?
Headquarters had already done so,
Inspector Grandi.
You can take
him away.
Get them to take prints
from the edges and the buttons,
even though
it'll be pointless.
Inspector?
Inspector, where can you go
for cigarettes at this hour?
What the hell are you laughing at?
Show respect for the dead!
Bye, see you tomorrow!
- What are you doing here?
- Don't get angry.
I know you're embarrassed
to be seen with me.
Stop it!
I even put on a new jacket
to look good for you.
I'm, glad to see you.
Who's that?
Has the boss
got a new slave?
You go, I'll take her.
Stop it, she's the
Commentators daughter.
- Only child?
- Yes, if you marry her you get it all.
Don't be cheeky!
- Let's go.
- Where?
To your home.
-If only it was always like this!
-Why?
I'd live with you.
You are such a bitch!
How disgusting!
You'd live with me!
You're ashamed...
even when I just pick
you up at the office!
Because I'm
a poor man.
Because I'm not... a gentleman.
Oh, stop it, Iona!
Don't put on an act,
you don't have to fake it with me.
Don't try to deceive
me or I'll get angry
Listen...
Talking of which...
What's your boss's
daughter called?
- Mary Lou, why?
- How old is she?
Don't know...
about twenty.
Well, well! Twenty
and all that bread!
If I could organise a nice
kidnapping for half a billion
I'd be set for life.
Giulio, trust me.
It'd be better if you did the pools.
I've got to
do the pools?
Perhaps, and the
lottery too, eh?
Iona,
look...
you've only got
to lend me the car.
I..
I'll find two friends.
- In fact, I've already found them.
- So?
I'll kidnap the girl,
then I'll hide
her some place...
and the Commentator...
he'll pay, you'll see.
Giulio, it's stupid.
Come on, lend
me the car.
Then I swear
I'll give you...
I can't say love,
but I'll keep screwing you
for the rest of your life.
Oh, come on...
We'll never catch him.
On that pump we found the
fingerprints of everybody in Milan.
A man who Kills this way
has something else on
his conscience, or he's mad.
The whole city's
becoming a mad-house.
And we're the
targets in the game.
3 policemen: 50 lire.
We're in trouble,
I'm telling you.
There's no choice but
to hope for a tip-off.
- You've started the ball rolling?
- 10 road-blocks.
We stopped 31 people,
got two car thieves caught in the act.
One of the thieves was
already out by this evening.
He asked me for a light.
They're right to
make fun of us.
Sadly we only
catch them rarely,
and when we do,
they let them out in 24 hours.
Rest assured he'll steal
another car by this evening.
And if a night watchman nabs him,
he'll just stab away.
If I catch one, I swear to you I'll
shoot instead of arresting him.
It's talk. Just talk.
If something's certain,
there's no risk.
Anyone can
pocket a ransom.
But then the cops go into
action and screw you.
Know why they
screw you?
Because the mugs
free the hostage.
Whereas if you kill him...
there's no risk.
No proof, no leads,
nothing...
- Yes, but...
- But?
- It's murder.
- Why murder?
It's self-defence.
Boys, only one
thing counts:
either you have money
and you're someone
or you don't have any
and you're a doormat.
- You can be convincing.
- I'm talking about half a billion.
You know how much
half a billion is
Do you know how much half a billion is,
my little tobacconist?
It's...
It's... 500 million!
"500 million"... see
how it fills your mouth.
Just like a whore.
- Giulio, do you want to kidnap the mayor?
- Forget politicians.
With things as
they are today...
they'll give you 500
million butterflies.
- I know who.
- Who?
Who?
Who?
See how good I am.
If there's someone worth
half a billion... it's her.
We'll combine business
with pleasure, as they say.
Beautiful!
Boys, it's a bit
late to back out now.
You're already in.
- Thanks.
- No problem, Mary Lou.
My name's Giulio!
Why did you
say your name?
Because I'm polite,
we're not risking anything.
Now we've got to
go and get a car.
- Are we going to steal it?
- Yes, from someone who won't report it.
We need a clean
number plate.
Let's go!
- Are you sure?
- Yes, I've got it in the car.
- Come on, I'm starving!
- You're always hungry.
Come on...
- Well?
- They stole my car.
- You're joking?
- I left it here!
What now?
- Let's go and eat.
- But you've got to report it!
No, maybe my
boyfriend took it.
In fact, he
definitely took it.
As if they'd
steal that rust-box!
Not hungry any more?
- Who is it, daddy?
- The usual people.
They're all idiots,
fuck them!
Still on the ball, dad?
Weren't you with Majone?
I recognised you straight away.
Tell me, are you
still with Majone?
Yes, but now I
want to do it alone.
- Daddy, I need 3 rosaries.
- A novena?
No, a funeral mass.
Fuck them!
Keep calm!
We've got to help the youngsters!
Why do you
call him "daddy"?
He's old.
It's not that he did my mother,
poor woman.
I never met her.
Which services?
A prayer is good if
it's done in advance.
Otherwise it's worthless.
Arms are 100,000 each
returnable when empty.
Really!
Daddy wants 100,000
to rent a submachine gun.
If you fire them, 3 Pater,
Ave e Glorias for 6 months.
And for receiving grace:
remission of sins.
So if we perforate someone with these,
you'll keep the deposit.
That's the commandment.
So, Pater, Ave e Gloria.
300,000 times 3
gives a total of... 900,000.
But if they don't
catch us for 6 months,
you'll return
the money, right?
They put two of mine
in the clink last week.
Immediate loss of two rosaries.
They're rare goods.
Rare goods, right.
Fuck them!
She's got a
problem with us, eh?
Mother isn't in anymore.
In my day Nina asked 10 lire
a fuck in the Piazza del Duomo
while everyone
was singing
"If I could have
1,000 lire a month...".
- I had a lot of money then!
- And men banging your wife!
Nina brought me
1,000 lire a day!
Alright, it's a deal.
300 plus 900...
1,200,000, fine.
But we haven't
got any money.
They're embarrassed, daddy.
They're embarrassed because
we haven't got the money.
Boys, you're Majone's friends.
Pay me when you want.
We don't like
debts, daddy.
Daddy!
What did they do
to you? Coward!
- Are you crazy?
- Give me the gun.
Will they put you in Purgatory
after all those tricks?
Quick! Quick,
they're swindling us!
What need was
there to kill them?
You talk and talk, but it's you
who gives importance to money.
Of course I give it importance,
but it's negative.
Why don't you kiss me now?
- Because I love you.
- What do you do when you love a woman?
Stop it, you
make me feel stupid.
Mary Lou, try and understand,
I want to marry you, but...
- But?
- It's a question of principle.
Gianni, my father's got the money,
not me.
So tell your father that you
don't want any of it.
You know what
our kids will say?
"Dad, you're useless,
we want granddad's bread".
And I want you...
Beautiful, Mary Lou,
just beautiful!
Boys, a chance like this won't
come to us again!
Never again!
When she sees a ball
she loses her bearings!
She's not sure if what she's got
in her hand is a cock or a racquet.
Hey, hey! What's up,
tobacconist?
You're thinking
about the old people?
Don't think about them,
they're not thinking any more.
Here. Wait.
Have one, take it.
- Take it.
- What is it?
This was invented by people
who go to university
for us who didn't, so that we
don't have to bother about it.
Come on.
- Come on!
- I don't want it.
You said you
don't want it?
Tobacconist, it's too late
to change your mind.
Listen, from now on
you'll do what I tell you.
Understood?
Giulio's got a rule:
"Who ever knows is in
and who ever knows but isn't in...
- croaks".
- Let's not argue.
Carmine's in.
Right, Carmine?
Of course he's in,
open your mouth.
- What if it makes me feel bad?
- I said open your mouth.
Like this.
Like this.
Look. Pay attention,
see how I do it.
Come on.
It's good for you.
Come on, for god's sake!
Done.
Mary Lou
No Gianni,
don't open it!
Don't open it,
they're armed!
We're hungry!
We're hungry, understand?
Please, don't open it!
Miss Mary Lou,
we're hungry!
No!
Sister, the Archangel
Gabriel sent us
to protect your virginity.
Gianni, don't be stupid!
Gianni!
Don't look at
me like that.
Don't look at
me like that!
I said don't look
at me like that!
You're good, boy!
Giulio! Giulio, she's escaped!
I'll get you.
I swear I'll get you, bitch.
What happened to you?
An accident? Come in!
- Romano, who is it?
- Marta, go and see.
Before someone
gets you into trouble.
- What happened?
- She must have had an accident she's feels bad.
A car accident?
Maybe someone else has been injured.
Close the door
and the windows.
- What did she say?
- I don't know, she's raving.
For me the oil
crisis is a good thing.
Every one on foot
like the old days
and you even
improve your health.
Come on, at your age,
you couldn't do without a car.
- Try to calm down.
- They've killed Gianni!
Drink, drink.
You'll suffocate her like that!
You can't do anything!
One perfect person in
the family's enough!
Give me a drop, these things
make me feel empty here.
Fill up the old man too,
so, later we can be alone.
Sweetie, a little cognac?
And the coronaries?
If I feel bad you'll have to
be at my bedside all night.
Hey! She's talking
about a robbery!
The girl says men with
machine guns attacked her.
Liar! Yes,
she's a liar!
Don't believe her,
she's a liar.
What do you want from us?
We don't even know the girl.
But now you know me,
you worm.
You murdered Gianni!
You killed Gianni...
Quiet, liar!
We won't say anything,
take the girl away. I beg you!
We're not saints.
Right, but he
wants to pray.
You want to pray, right book-keeper?
On your knees.
On your knees!
On your knees!
You too, quickly!
Boys, if you need a
little bread I can pay.
Vittorio, lock
her in the bathroom.
Here, like this.
Pull the chain.
Listen, I don't
know if you agree...
but I've always
found people who live
only for money a
bit disgusting.
Yes, there are other values
in life aren't there?
For example...
brotherly love.
You know about
brotherly love, eh?
Let's see if you're up to it.
Up to brotherly
love, come on.
What are you waiting for?
But... I can't.
I'm for sexual equality,
I'm not bothered.
Come on, book-keeper.
Cover him.
An old friend, Walter.
Three sentences for robbery,
but all stuff before the war.
Seemed he'd calmed down, but...
he trafficked arms.
She was an ex-prostitute.
They were together their whole lives
and they died together.
Right, the same old story.
He dealt in arms for 30 years
without us realising it.
Obviously he only sold his wares
to people he knew well.
So it's got to be someone from
his own crowd who cheated him.
Whoever Killed him urgently
needed to procure this stuff
we'll soon get news
about him, you'll see.
You think so?
Relax, haven't you
ever played roulette?
Come on, Giulio,
it's your turn.
- A million on red.
- Two million.
See the million
on the black.
Spin, spin!
I owe you a million,
but I want to do this red-head first!
Beautiful red-head!
Giulio, somebody's here.
Floriana
Floriana
Answer, Floriana!
Murderer, coward!
Murderer! Pig,
you killed her!
You killed my
daughter! Floriana!
- My daughter!
- That's enough!
- Have you seen him before?
- Of course, he was Mary Lou's friend.
- You knew they went out together?
- Yes, I knew.
- What's happened to my daughter?
- We'll do every thing we can to find her.
- Why did they kill him like that?
- I don't know.
There aren't any reasons.
Some days ago,
right in the centre of Milan,
they stabbed a night watchman
to death for 600 lire.
9mm Sten.
If it's the same machine gun
that killed the old couple,
then they didn't
even let it cool down.
There's worse to come.
Inspector Grandi, please come,
there's been a massacre.
In a villa, five dead!
- Nobody can go in.
- Let me past.
- Please let me go up.
- I'm sorry, nobody can.
- You know this man?
- No, never seen him.
A 7 year old girl.
Same caliber.
- Almost certainly the same weapon.
- Get them to check.
- Mr Porrino, you are very wealthy?
- Yes.
So there's hope.
For your daughter, I mean.
It might be a kidnapping.
So I'm ready to pay
whatever they want.
Any sum.
Perfect.
One of us must
always be here.
In fact, two's better.
Mary Lou, darling.
Don't be afraid.
When daddy coughs up,
you'll play tennis again
and get screwed in
your car, dirty girl.
Life's great, eh?
- Are we safe here?
- Of course.
We're safe here...
only if we're sure.
Shit, things got a little bit
out of hand last night.
Right, but maybe
it's for the best.
So Scrooge McDuck
won't think we're joking.
We're definitely in it up to our necks now,
all three of us
half a billion on the one hand
and a life sentence on the other.
Unless we stop asking for a ransom...
Maybe we were just crazy and drunk,
last night.
They'll put us in a hospital.
In San Vittore prison.
Maybe not...
Carmine, what
the hell's up?
- Why are you squirming like that?
- I don't feel well.
- You don't feel well?
- No.
The party made
you sick, eh?
Listen... listen.
You can feel
sick if you want,
but try and find a bush instead
of shitting yourself here.
God can take a shit.
But if you take one
step past the bushes,
I'll stop the
diarrhea with this.
Have I made
myself clear, angel?
I only said I felt sick,
but I'll tell you something else.
You're not smart
you're a poor fanatic.
That's enough!
What happened, happened.
And you weren't exactly
collecting daisies last night.
You're right, Giulio,
we've got to finish this.
- There's no other choice.
- We're three filthy murderers.
Really?
I'm still getting
used to it.
Go and take
a shit!
Hurry up.
I've got to go.
- Keep an eye on him.
- He does what I tell him.
And you do
what I tell you.
All right?
Giulio, why don't
we get the girl
to write the
letter straight away?
Too early.
We mustn't give the impression
we're in a hurry.
Because people in
a hurry are scared.
Get it?
The "Font of Wisdom".
What the hell do you have
in that hard head of yours?
If you needed the car,
you could have phoned me.
What's yours is mine and
what's mine belongs to who?
Still yours, Giulio!
Great! Great!
I told you I needed your car
for a job worth half a billion.
Giulio, you haven't
done anything stupid?
No, I killed three men,
two women and a girl.
- Very funny.
- Great, eh?
Iona, listen...
Forget the paper. What do you
care about the papers?
- Listen...
- What?
Joking apart,
If I told you that...
I'd killed someone,
what would you do?
- I'd go to the police.
- Really.
You can bet on it.
- I don't believe you.
- I'd go straight to them.
I was about to
report you about the car!
Really?
- You're evil,
- Sure.
You're evil, but I'm good.
And you know why I'm good?
Instead of taking
you to the office,
I'm taking you
to the lakes.
Yes... but I
heed to keep my job.
Maybe you're
right, though.
Nobody will die if I don't
go to the office one day.
Of course.
I told you to
forget the paper.
- I'll tell you a joke.
- Okay.
A negro goes to university
and the dean asks him:
"Which field are you in?"
And the negro replies:
"Won't they give me a desk?"
What a sight.
Beautiful.
You know this lake's one
of the deepest in the world?
You know you're really
strange this morning?
Am I?
Since when have you been
interested in the depth of lakes?
You want me to be interested
only in your depths?
You always end up there.
Look.
3 MEN, 2 WOMEN AND A GIRL KILLED.
KIDNAPPED A YOUNG GIRL.
You...
-...You really did it?
- Of course.
Maniac.
Murderer!
Leave me alone!
No! Leave me alone!
No! Leave me alone!
TORTURED AND KILLED
INDUSTRIALIST PORRINO'S DAUGHTER DISAPPEARS
- Who is it?
- They got in touch.
I'm on my way.
Maybe this is it,
inspector.
How much is
she worth to you?
How do I know you
have my daughter?
It's Porrino's phone.
You've got to trust us.
How is my daughter?
Don't hurt her, I beg you!
Let me speak
to Mary Lou now!
- Commentator...
- Let me speak!
I'll pay what you want,
but I must know she's alive!
Okay, you'll have
proof she's alive.
But if you want to see
her again in one piece,
no police. Clear?
- What?
- No police.
Yes, yes! I'll
do anything.
- That's all for now.
- Be kind, give me some proof.
Hello? Hello?
Inspector, from the
Piazza Cordisio metro station.
- Why don't you send someone?
- To watch the trains leaving?
Lambrusco.
Disgusting, I haven't eaten yet!
But it will do for this pill.
When I receive the money
from your daddy,
I'll have a champagne
bidet every morning.
Understand,
lovely Mary Lou?
Write!
Listen to him, write what
he says or he'll beat you up.
He can't wait.
I can't wait.
Write: "Dear daddy,
Well... if I write...
you'll kill me afterwards.
Mary Lou, I've got
nothing against you.
Like
when you stick
your knife in a steak,
you don't think about
the poor cow, right?
But you've got
to live anyway.
Your daddy's got a lot
of money and I haven't...
If I'd asked him for it he wouldn't
have given it to me, right?
If T write and
my father pays...
you'll kill me,
you'll kill me anyway.
That's why it doesn't matter
if I see your face.
You've enjoyed life until now,
haven't you?
I want that too.
Twenty years of riches and then
I swear I'd even shoot myself.
You'll never get anything
from me! Nothing!
Kill me if you want,
I'm not writing anything.
If she screams like that
someone might hear her.
You know, Mary Lou,
there are many ways to die.
One's like this.
But it doesn't last long.
Another's like this...
and it lasts even less time.
Or I could pull
out your eyes.
I could send
you to your father
with your eyes in
your hands like Saint Lucia.
He's not going far,
he's sick.
Alright.
Seeing as you
don't want to write,
lets see if you'll be
useful for something.
- Come on here!
- No, leave me alone!
- Vittorio, do her!
- No!
Come on! Do it!
Maybe you prefer
her like this!
Well, come on!
Come on!
Vittorio, come on!
Come here, come on!
Wow let her alone.
She'll write, you'll see!
That's enough, Giulio.
Now you've got it, haven't you?
So take the pen and write.
Write!
"Dear daddy,
they want 500 grand."
No, erase"grand".
Put "500 million".
Comma.
"If not they'll ass-fu...
No, erase that, or your
father will think we're scum.
"Otherwise they'll put my
head in the toilet bowl
and they will
pull the chain".
No, strike "the
chain" seems like a joke.
"They'll put my head
in the toilet bowl.
I love you,
Mary Lou".
Vittorio, hop over to Switzerland.
Post it and come back.
It'll take you 4
or 5 hours by bus.
Go!
Lift it! Lift it!
- What's going on?
- An accident.
They've fished out a woman,
must have fallen in with the car.
Cartridge "A",
from the villa massacre.
Cartridge "B",
found next to Mary Lou Porrino's car.
Cartridge "C",
found in the tinsmith's shop.
All fired by the same machine gun.
The firing pin is displaced
by three-tenths of a millimetre.
It's as if it signs
the bullets it fires.
If he carries on shooting,
he'll solve our traffic problems.
- A woman in the lake: interested?
- Alright, I'm coming.
Fished out two hours ago.
- Well?
- You told me to point out the dead.
She's dead,
isn't she?
Iona Tucci, Milan.
26 Via Solferino.
Doesn't prove anything,
they print half a
million copies a day.
You're right,
keep me informed.
She worked for Porrino.
- What? Who are you talking about?
- The dead woman.
A good girl, she worked
for us for three years.
- When did it happen?
- Yesterday morning,
she ended up in
Lake Como with her Mini.
If she'd come to work regularly,
she wouldn't be dead.
- Looks like they pushed her in.
- Pushed her in?
Do you think there could
be a connection with...
I don't know.
We can't say yet.
But it's a suspicious
coincidence.
No news?
None, for now.
They'll call again,
here or at home.
The ransom request almost
always follows the first call.
That's the routine.
Can I talk to some of the
poor woman's colleagues?
Of course,
come with me.
Taxi!
- Where are we going?
- To the left, go.
- Was he seeing Iona for long?
- A year.
I'm first!
You're sure Giulio
Sacchi lives here?
I think so,
I came here once with Iona.
Wait for me.
Hey, little boy.
Which floor for Giulio Sacchi?
He lives on the sixth floor
but he's never here.
Go! It's your turn!
Because you won Jack!
What do you have to do?
Do like every one else, stupid!
You raise the
price of the drinks.
Remember my
kickback, clear?
Who is it?
What do you want?
Listen, Majone, listen.
You've got to
do me a favour,
you know how I am,
a bit of a chicken.
Wait, because people are a
little nervous around here.
You told me I'm a chicken,
didn't you?
Listen to me,
if I get angry I'll sing.
- You trying to threaten me?
- I'll sing, Majone.
- From the bank to the billiards.
- You trying to threaten me?
- You know what I can do to you?
- Listen, Majone, listen.
I don't know
where I'll end up,
but I know where
you'll wind up.
I know where you'll wind up
if you don't do what I tell you.
According to what
the landlady said,
he was the only man who went
out with that poor woman.
We've got to
find him right away.
It's unlikely he's involved
in the kidnapping. But...
Maybe he's not involved
but someone
drowning in a car
they'd stolen from
her the day before...
Makes you curious,
doesn't it?
When did he disappear?
For example, she didn't go
to work yesterday. Nor today.
- You're the husband?
- No...
- Family?
- No, I'm...
We are... really
good friends.
You've got to find a man
from Sesto San Giovanni.
He's called Giulio Sacchi.
Yes, Giulio Sacchi.
Sir
-I'm Giulio Sacchi.
- Wait a moment.
- What did you say?
- Giulio Sacchi, it's my name.
- You're from Sesto San Giovanni?
- Yes.
Forget it, I've
already found him.
What's happened, sir?
Why are you here?
He's come to report the
disappearance of his girlfriend.
- Iona Tucci?
- Yes, Iona Tucci.
- What's happened, sir?
- An accident.
- An accident?
- Come with me.
Iona's dead,
right inspector?
Have we met before?
I don't know but tell me
the truth, is Iona dead?
Yes, in the lake,
with the car.
What? She told me
they'd stolen the car.
Maybe it's not her,
inspector.
Oh god, Iona!
My dear Iona...
Iona's dead!
When did she tell you
they'd stolen the car?
The day before yesterday.
I called her and told
her I couldn't go out.
- Do you have any previous?
- What do you mean, "previous"?
Previous convictions.
Have you already been
involved with the police?
Previous? I'm a
clean person! Clean!
Get them to check.
Where were you at night
the day before yesterday?
At billiards.
When Iona didn't
want to, I...
I've always been alone,
ever since I was small
nobody loved me.
Only Iona loved me!
Why are you asking these questions?
I'm a man who's suffering!
Why the questions?
Because I believe someone
threw her in the lake.
We've taken less
because of the Vice Squad.
- 30%?
- Almost.
Only the Idroscalo and Lambro
are saving us.
- The girls are scared.
- Boss...
The police are here
with that chicken, Giulio.
You stay here,
I'll kill him later.
Make yourself
comfortable, inspector.
Anselmo, whisky.
No, no. You
know this man?
Sure. He come
here sometimes.
Try to be precise,
it's about a murder.
Where do I fit in?
When did you
last see him?
- Who, him?
- No, your grand mother.
- Just a minute...
- Mr Majone, we played poker until dawn.
Oh, yes!
Yesterday, no...
yes, two days ago.
So, can I go, inspector?
Why? You're with friends,
aren't you?
I'll give you
some advice.
Sleep at home at
night for a while.
- I may have to come and wake you.
- Alright, inspector.
Now I'll chop
your balls off.
No you won't, the inspector
counts them every night.
I'd have to explain
where I left them.
One wrong word and I'll
put you six feet under.
- Hello?
- You'll get the proof tomorrow morning.
We want 500 million in two suitcases
5 and 10,000 lire used notes.
Understand, Commentator?
Alright, but don't harm her.
I'll give you the money.
My daughter
won't say anything,
there's nothing
to be afraid of.
Two suitcases with
250 million weigh a lot,
nobody needs to carry them.
- We'll tell you the place afterwards.
- Yes.
Please do it quickly!
- Don't be in a rush.
- Hello? Hello?
Quick, take it
to the inspector.
Come on, eat.
You'll just make it worse.
I can't... anyway...
- Every thing okay, tobacconist?
- Yes, everything's fine.
Don't make that face,
it's nearly over.
The old man's
bitten and he'll pay.
Life's good, eh?
A good lunch...
The 500 million's
on its way, boys.
500 million divided by 3 is...
200 million for me
and 150 for each of you.
What can you do
with 150 million?
Giulio, don't kill her.
She won't say anything if we save her life.
You've got a
crush on her!
It's gutless to get paid
and kill her anyway.
You think it's gutless?
You know what
gets me in the guts?
Being born without bread
or the chance of making any.
That's gutless!
Don't you understand
we're in a jungle?
And then...
didn't we agree...
on the kidnapping,
the bread and the six feet under?
Tell me, yes or no?
I know, but it seemed easier
before, at least for me.
Don't you think we've
killed enough people?
No. Not while there's just one
who could put us in prison.
And to prove to you
that I'm not joking...
I'll tell you that I
also killed my girlfriend.
What?
I killed my woman.
I threw her in the lake
with the car and everything.
You know why?
Because she knew too much.
The cow would
have betrayed me.
That's why.
They found her today,
and tomorrow
they'll get you and us with you!
Let go of my hand,
Vittorio, alright?
Who do you
think you are?
You and this shit here.
Two street tarts!
That's what you are!
But remember that if your
pockets are full one day
you owe it to me!
Alright, I killed her! So?
And I went to
the police, so?
Listen to me.
We won't leave evidence.
I won't leave evidence.
We'll hide the money
for l, 2, 3 or 4
years if necessary.
We've got nothing
to worry about.
We won't have alibis.
Who cares about alibis?
Alibis can
be made up.
You, for instance.
Where were you on Monday last week?
Come on, where
were you Monday?
See?
And you?
Where were you on the 26th
of last month at 3:10 pm?
Come on!
Boys, we're people who
live from day to day!
What effing alibi should
people like us have?
Loads of people have
seen us together in the bar.
Who cares!
What does it mean?
What have we
done wrong?
Is it a crime to be in a bar?
I don't get it.
Be careful, that's all.
We give the dust time
to settle and the dust settles.
A dead person
isn't news these days.
When the police
search in the dark,
they're the first
to want to forget it.
Lets hope it
goes like you say.
But we've got to
get on with it.
Once the letter's arrived
it'll all be over in 24 hours.
I swear on my filthy life.
From Switzerland
but your daughter's
certainly much closer.
I'm ready to pay,
Superintendent.
You must get them to
interrupt the investigation.
I want my daughter
to come home and then...
It's a mistake to
pay and put yourself
in the hands of
those murderers.
There's nothing
else for it,
the money doesn't
matter to me.
You recall that terrible massacre
carried out in that villa?
Believe me, it's stupid
to try dealing
with such criminals.
Even if you pay,
they'll still kill your daughter.
I've got to try
and save her anyway.
We've got to stop helping
criminals get away with it.
And you want to stop them
using my daughter's life?
Mr Porrino, don't you want to see
how things really stand?
If you pay,
you have no hope of ever
seeing her alive again.
They've already murdered
a lot of people.
They'll do anything.
Why should they run
the risk of letting her live?
Inspector, may I
decide about my daughter,
or do you
want to decide?
Superintendent,
he's been threatened, but not us.
You're wrong there, inspector,
we're all threatened.
Do you have
some good reason
to propose a more
realistic alternative?
Yes, if Mr Porrino
decides to collaborate.
- What do you want to do?
- I'll collaborate.
I'll collaborate,
but afterwards!
Afterwards will be too late
to save your daughter
and it'll also be
too late for justice.
Please make them suspend the
investigation, Superintendent.
One or two days.
Suspend surveillance
for 48 hours.
What are you doing?
Solitaire?
Where are we going?
I don't know about you,
I'm going to sleep.
- Two days holiday.
- And these?
- Surveillance has been suspended.
- Orders from the big boss?
Yes, we've got to leave
the kidnappers in peace
or they'll get scared
and won't get their money.
Got a cigarette?
I'm out.
Me too.
I checked out Sacchi.
Clean criminal record.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm sure
I have seen him somewhere.
I should get
some sleep.
Inspector, where do you go
for cigarette at this hour?
Hello? Did you
receive the letter?
Good, listen to me.
Open your ears and no tricks.
It's tonight at 11.
Seventeenth milestone
on the old lakes road.
Come alone and
with the money.
He's coming. Let's hope
he hasn't made a mess of it.
- Well? Did it go all right?
- Yes, I placed all five.
Well done. Lets hope
it's true because...
A treasure hunt
must be well organised.
Or it will all go wrong.
Isn't it dangerous to get him
to leave the money right there?
Dangerous?
No, you don't
get it, do you?
They'll never
think of it.
That's the genius
of Giulio Sacchi.
Who's the kidnapper
who gets them
to take the
money to his home?
Only me, because I am a gentleman!
Because...
Stop wanking will you?
- Vittorio, go to the place in Cernusco.
- Alright.
Make sure that the
Commentators got
no-one in front
of or behind him.
Check the air too,
understand?
- The police have learnt how to fly.
- Alright.
And you, angel,
go to the place in Segrate.
It's 3 kilometres on foot.
Anyway, daddy is here.
If something goes wrong,
don't worry.
Stay where you are.
I've done 150 kilometres on the scooter
can't I stay here?
No!
Open up your
ears and no tricks.
It's tonight at 11.
17th milestone on
the old lakes road.
Come alone and
with the money.
Thank you, you
are a friend.
Yes, but try not
to create problems.
If the girl dies we
are all in trouble.
Don't worry. Get ready with the car,
we are leaving right now.
Call the Como
Traffic Police Command.
Km. 10 A4 MOTORWAY
CERNUSCO EXIWhat up?
Please, I'm in a hurry.
Documents, please.
Here, but be quick,
I am in a hurry.
- I'm sorry it's not in order
- What do you mean?
- Get out, come with me.
-Please, I can't.
Phone the Superintendent,
he knows me.
I'm Commentator Porrino.
You still need to have
your documents in order.
I repeat, I have the
Superintendent's permission.
What do you
want from me?
If the police
have learned to fly
it's in order
to get the birds.
LEAVE THE CASH BY THE RIVERSIDE
IN 24 HOURS WE WILL FREE THE GIRL
That's it, my lovely.
Let go.The
other one too.
Well done.
Well done.
You should be happy.
You've got a
daddy who loves you.
You know what a
friend of mine once said
who thinks he's
better that anyone else?
That I was a chicken.
Get it? I was a chicken.
You think so too?
Tell me what
you think of me.
Go on, tell me
what you think of me.
Say it!
You are just a
shit full of drugs.
It's over you shit!
No!
Why did you do it? No!
Stop it,
Carmine.
Coward, coward!
- Don't play stupid with me
- Coward.
Don't be stupid with me!
Shit!
You shouldn't have
done that Carmine.
I heard the
machine gun. You...
Yes, I killed her.
I killed her
- We'll hide her later.
- I wonder how Carmine will take it.
I don't care
about Carmine anymore.
Not, that ...
the suitcases
are up there.
- Seen any on he on your way here?
- No, no-one.
Is it a good
idea to get them?
We'll have to,
sooner or later.
Well... better
sooner than later.
Come on,
lets do it.
Quick.
Lets go.
Half a billion in a
suitcase worth 100,000.
We're set.
If you use one to
wipe your ass every day,
you got enough
for 20 years.
Maybe it was worth
getting rid of someone for this.
Of course it was.
Did you doubt my genius?
I've cleaned everything too,
so we won't leave any prints.
Carmine should be here by now,
if everything went smoothly.
Everything went smoothly,
Vittorio, it always
goes smoothly with me.
But if Carmine
hasn't returned
maybe we're in
danger already.
Carmine's
been already.
He's over there...
dead.
I killed him because he wanted
to defend that tart.
- He attacked me from behind.
- Are you crazy?
- Carmine was my friend.
- So what? He was my friend too.
If they find him dead here,
they'll catch me!
It's your fault!
They'll find you as well!
This way they
won't catch you.
They definitely
won't catch you.
You won't
trick me, idiot.
- Surround the boat!
- Quickly, get down!
Don't worry
about me, move it!
There is a suitcase here!
Let's go.
- The girl's dead.
- Too late.
Sacchi. I bet
it was Sacchi.
Maybe, but keep calm.
He couldn't have got very far.
Good, I'll sort you out.
That's enough.
That's enough.
I'm Ugo Majone, I want to talk
to Inspector Walter Grandi.
You stay here as well
- He's not here.
- We were conned.
Leave two guards.
We'll sweep the area tomorrow morning.
Okay, but lets get you
to the hospital now.
A communication for Inspector Grandl.
That's me, speak.
Sacchi has been seen
in Cologno Monzese.
The Majone billiard hall.
I repeat,
Cologno Monzese.
- Good, lets go right now!
- Your leg!
Don't worry about my leg.
Lets go. Hurry up!
He's a swindling bastard
who would cheat his mother.
That's not true,
they beat me because I was winning
and they didn't
want to pay me.
A little game
amongst friends.
But it's the
principle that counts.
They messed him up like that
then they slipped away.
They did the right thing,
even if it was against the law.
In any case I
don't want any trouble.
And I informed
you immediately.
Dry!
You've changed
son of a bitch!
What are you doing?
He didn't keep his cards there!
Quiet, keep quiet.
This pig killed a lot of people.
And if you are
covering up for him Majone,
this time you are finished.
He killed a lot of people?
Then put him
away for life, so
he'll stop cheating
his friends.
Yes, right. Understood.
- How long's he been here?
- I don't know.
I've got better things to do than
keep an eye on that lout.
Roughly?
Three or four hours.
The tussle started
an hour ago.
Friends, keep me
out of trouble!
Did you get the question?
When did this shit start?
Between eleven and
midnight Mr Majone.
Arrest all of them!
My head...
- All of them!
- Lean on me.
An ambulance, quick!
They'll keep you
in until the trial.
Tell me where
the suitcase is?
- Or don't you trust me?
- No, I trust you.
I trust you, but
let's wait till I'm out.
Get out, out!
- Get out! Clear?
- Keep your hands off!
You too!
I've done nothing!
They beat me up because I was winning.
This one even called
me a "little turd"!
- Come on, quickly get out!
- I'll show you!
Let's go, Majone!
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Come in.
- Did you understand Sir? It's a legal point.
- Yes, yes.
- Hello.
- How are things?
Nobody can say that I
don't proceed cautiously.
- Please sit down.
- Thank you.
Inspector, I'm pleased to see you
after all that's happened.
I am sorry but my client
is completely uninvolved.
Who's your
client this time?
That poor jobless man,
Giulio Sacchi.
Clean as a whistle.
With a cast iron alibi
and no evidence which could justify
his staying in
prison for three weeks.
It's a typically
Italian scandal.
I spoke to the President of the
Higher Court yesterday.
I see.
Might I ask
what money that
poor jobless
man is paying you?
Your fees
are very high.
Don't offend me.
I didn't embrace this
profession for money alone.
- When an innocent citizen...
- Innocent citizen?
He's paying the
witnesses and you too, sir.
With Mr Porrino's money.
This is an insult, I protest!
Oh please,
I have examined the documents.
There is nothing to
incriminate him, Inspector.
Are you quite
sure Judge?
I have no doubt that
Giulio Sacchi was the Killer.
Have you seen the photos of
the cartridges in the report?
The machine-gun with which
he shot at us was the same
as the one with which
he killed all the others.
Yes, we've got the evidence that
it was the same machine-gun.
But we're not giving a
machine-gun a life sentence.
And there is no hard evidence
that connects it to Sacchi.
Who else?
When we found the
night watchman dead, he was there.
I saw him.
And it was his girlfriend
we fished out of the lake.
Her colleagues confirmed that
he picked her up outside her office.
He first saw Mr
Porrino's daughter there.
The bodies on the boat
were Giulio Sacchi's friends!
Who, moreover, disappeared
on the day of the kidnapping.
Isn't that evidence, Judge?
Suspicions, coincidences,
clues maybe.
But not enough
for a court.
I have to have him
released Inspector, I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
Tell that to that poor man, Porrino.
Tell that to the people
he massacred in the villa.
Alright, you
let him out.
And then ask
him forgiveness
in the name of
the Italian people.
When he mows
someone else down
we'll have him
on our conscience.
Preventing crimes is
your job, Inspector.
You'll receive copy
of the release order.
He's just doing his job.
It's us who aren't
able to do ours.
As Giulio Sacchi
has shown.
They want evidence
as big as the Pirelli skyscraper
to give someone
a life sentence.
You can do anything
here if you got this.
Don't you read the newspapers,
you bunch of illiterates?
We're talking about
200...300...400 hundred million
if it's not a billion,
a billion and a half.
How are they going to catch them?
When are they going to catch them?
- You're right.
- Giulio, a cripple's looking for you.
A cripple?
What does a cripple want from me?
- He's been looking for you for three days.
- A cripple?
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
How's it going, sir?
Looking for me?
They told me at the
police headquarters
about the accident you had.
I'm sorry,
come and join me.
Will you have some?
Look, it's French champagne.
They told me about your leg.
Listen, about that thing,
I'm not involved,
I can explain.
- You don't have to explain anything.
- Inspector, I...
Get ready, Sacchi,
you're finished.
What do you mean,
"finished"?
I haven't done anything.
I condemn you to
death for kidnapping,
violence and massacre.
Listen, look...
- Inspector, just a minute!
-Stop!
The police can't shoot!
Stop!
The police can't shoot, Inspector!
There's no proof!
There's no proof
against me, Inspector!
He's
crazy!
He's
crazy!
He's
crazy!
Inform the
Public Prosecutor.
Tell him ex-Inspector Grandi
has killed Giulio Sacchi.
Any reference to persons
living or dead is unintentional.