
ItwasclearlyalsoinfluencedbyAmerican"DirtyHarry"moviesandperhapsthecynicalItalianpolicethrillersthatwereemergingatthetime.Naschy,thistime,playsahard-boiledcopwhoslapsaroundelderlyexhibitionistsandmakesawoundedbikerwithabrokenlegcrawltothehospital.Heisupagainst"theDragonflyKiller",avigilantewhoisoffingpimps,prostitutes,andjunkies--"cleaningupthecity"muchlikethevillainsintheDirtyHarrysequel"MagnumForce"(althoughhismotivefordoingsowouldhavemadeHarryCallahancraphispantsinutterdisbelief).EricaBlancplaysNaschy'sfashiondesignerwifewho,afteroneofhergayfriendsiskilled,decidestotrytosolvethecaseherselfusingher"woman'sintuition".Thisleadstocomicalscenesofhersittingnakedinbedpouringovergrislycrimephotoswithamagnifyingglass,oractinghysterically(albeitmuchmorebelievably)whenthekillersendstheseveredheadofaTurkishpimptotheirhouse.Ofcourse,shestumblesacrosstheidentityofthekillerbeforeherhusbanddoes,leavingNaschytorushtoherrescue.







