简介：AnexagentoftheFBIandInterpol(TonyLoBianco)isexpelledbytheCIAandhestartsadetectiveagencyinGenoa,greatItaliancity.Hereheisknownas'TheAmerican',despitehisoriginsareSicilian.Dr.MayerentrustshimtoinvestigateonthesequestrationandmurderoftheshipownerMayer,aswellasoftherecoveryofamillionofLiraspouredforthenothappenedliberationofthedeadone.'TheAmerican'hastoovercomeadoublebarrier:commissionerLoBiancothatfearstheillegalmethodsandaviolentgangheadedbythegangstercalled'TheFrench'.'TheAmerican'getsthefriendshipofLoBiancoaftermanifoldmishaps,showingtobestillanexcellentpoliceofficer.InthemiddleoftheseventiesItalyliveditsdarkerseason,becausevictimoftheterrorism.Thoseweretheso-called'AnnidiPiombo'(LeadenYears),somanyItalianfilmsreflectthefearthatcouldbereadintheeyesofItalians.Thisrarecrime-copmovieisanexplicitexampleofthatclimate.ExcellentO.S.T.byFrancoMicalizzi.Frenchversion(dubbedinItalianatbcult.it)is95minuteslonger.…