Thefilmcameoutas"DetectiveBelli",starringFrancoNero,thenaEuropeanheart-throbwhenthemoviecameout.Neroplaysagainsttypeasanunrepentantlycorruptpolicedetective.Duringthecourseoftheinvestigationofamurder,Det.BellimakeshiswaythroughtheuppersocietyofRome.Amazingly,hebeginstodevelopaconscienceanddecidesto"dotherightthing"andfindoutwhotherealmurdereris.Likeallsentientmales,heisattractedtoFlorindaBolkanwholooksfantasticinthisfilm,havingalsosharedthescreenwithMichaelCaineinanothermoviearoundthistime.Theupshot--inarepriseofthefamousendingsceneintheMalteseFalcon,NeroconfrontsBolkaninagraveyardand,althoughattractedtoher,confrontsherwiththefactthatsheisthemurderer.Shetriestobribehim,alludingtoalifetogether.Det.Belliisintransigent.Butthen,inaveryatypicalending,sheshootshimandhediesandshegetsawaywithit.Averytwistythrillerwhenitfirstcameout.Ienjoyeditandrememberthesurpriseendingtothisday.