Famed Italian action director Stelvio Massi helms this brisk crime thriller starring Maurizio Merli as a private eye sent to Austria to track down clues in a kidnapping case. Uncovering a complicated network of corruption and violence, he’s aided in his investigation by a sultry striptease artist (Joan Collins). Flying fists, plenty of gunplay and an atmospheric score make this stylish mystery a worthy entry in Massi’s prodigious body of work.
Stelvio Massi (26 March 1929 – 26 March 2004) was an Italian director known for his crime films, although he was not as well known as crime film specialists like Enzo G Castellari or Umberto Lenzi, but he made about thirteen films in the genre, and was considered a fairly decent director. He also worked with actors such as Eva Grimaldi, Fred Williamson, Janet Agren, Olga Karlatos and Thomas Milan. In 1987 he directed the TV series Due assi per un turbo. —Wikipedia