In reviewing this seventh cinematographic outing for Detective Nico Giraldi, who for the last couple of films has been working in the homicide division, critic Massimo Bertarelli called it: “…a rough and tumble police story”. With a hint of a thriller about it. Venticello (played by Bombolo), a recurring character in the series, is so repugnant that the audience can’t help but enjoy it every time the detective gives him a slap. The film’s finale has earned cult status, especially amongst Romans: Giraldi’s wife is about to give birth and investigations have led him to bring his family to Milan. However, determined that his child must be born in Rome, Giraldi leaves the bad guy tied up at the side of the motorway and takes off in his camper for the capital in a race against time. Detective Inspector Nico Giraldi is on a break from work. His wife is expecting a baby. However, he gets dragged back into service when Venticello, a small-time criminal he has a soft spot for, breaks into an apartment where a woman has been killed and ends up falsely imprisoned for murder. In the end, everything works out. Even t
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In reviewing this seventh cinematographic outing for Detective Nico Giraldi, who for the last couple of films has been working in the homicide division, critic Massimo Bertarelli called it: “…a rough and tumble police story”. With a hint of a thriller about it. Venticello (played by Bombolo), a recurring character in the series, is so repugnant that the audience can’t help but enjoy it every time the detective gives him a slap. The film’s finale has earned cult status, especially amongst Romans: Giraldi’s wife is about to give birth and investigations have led him to bring his family to Milan. However, determined that his child must be born in Rome, Giraldi leaves the bad guy tied up at the side of the motorway and takes off in his camper for the capital in a race against time. Detective Inspector Nico Giraldi is on a break from work. His wife is expecting a baby. However, he gets dragged back into service when Venticello, a small-time criminal he has a soft spot for, breaks into an apartment where a woman has been killed and ends up falsely imprisoned for murder. In the end, everything works out. Even t
