Nicola Giraldi (Tomas Milian, Young Violent Dangerous)—an unconventional police sergeant specializing in hunting down purse snatchers—has long been trying to pin down Achille Pettinari (Guido Mannari, The Medium), a.k.a. “The Baronet.” Together with two accomplices, Pettinari has just pulled off a heist targeting an American named Norman Shelley (Jack Palance, Shane), making off with his briefcase. The thieves, however, are unaware that inside lies five million dollars—the proceeds of a kidnapping; and that is precisely when their troubles begin...