The Cynic the Rat & the Fist (1977) Umberto Lenzi

Inspector Tanzi has given up on the police after putting the Chinaman behind bars. However the Chinaman breaks out and send two assassins after the now civilian Tanzi. The police arrange for Tanzi’s death to be put in the papers despite his survival and advise him to leave the country for his own safety. Tanzi decides different and when his uncle is murdered he hunts the Chinaman down through his business association with DiMaggio. Tanzi starts a war between the two and waits to pounce on his prey.

THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST is an excellent Italian police film directed by genre meister Umberto Lenzi. Despite his cannibal movies notority this is what Lenzi is really best at. Stylish, well scripted, with catchy scores and starring tough guys like Tomas Milian, Maurizio Merli, John Saxon, Henry Silva and other genre vets his police films always offer great entertainment. The plot (as in his other films) isn't very important, but has basically something to do with tough cop Merli hunting down and beating up criminals, while dodging counterattacks from gangsters Milian and Saxon.