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I have a reservation. My name is Mr. Shamrock.

Room 3, first floor.

- Where�s the bar? - Over there.

- A J&B. - On the rocks?

Straight.

That pin becomes you.

And it brings me luck too.

Lie down, slave.

Yes, master.

Yes?

There�s an express for you.

Good.

You can go now, thank you.

We�re including some pictures portraying you in

compromising positions, if you want to get hold of

the negatives you�ll have to pay 300 million liras.

If you tell the police we I�ll contact the media.

We will call you to let you know how and when.

This is the law firm of Lanzieri.

I am in court. I�ll be at the office after four.

If you want to leave a message you have 30 seconds.

This is Cortesi, call me as soon as possible.

This is Cortesi, call me as soon as possible.

Did you hear, Luisa?

My husband is always in some sort of trouble.

Strange, he usually has his secretary call me.

It must be something very important.

I�m getting curious now call me as soon as you know something.

All right.

I suggest you contact the police immediately.

Absolutely not. I must avoid any risk of a scandal.

It would be the end of me.

I�d rather pay, even though the price is high.

If they try to blackmail me again, then I�ll do as you say.

I�m giving you advice as your lawyer.

If you don�t want to take it, do as you wish,

after all the money is yours.

I have no other choice.

I suggest you think about it.

I�ll pay.

As you wish. Goodbye.

Hello?

Luisa. I just talked with him.

Maybe my reconstruction is a little fantastic.

But I don�t think I�m too far from the truth.

Excuse me Mrs. Cortesi but couldn�tt it be that

your story is influenced by jealousy or

so to speak... by a revenge impulse?

Listen inspector, I don�t care if my husband

goes to bed with another woman or with many others.

I already told you: we stopped having any kind of

relationship a long time ago. I already filed for divorce.

Get me some copies of these,

and I also want an enlargement of the girls face.

I�ll give them back to you in a few minutes.

Then you�d better put them back where you found them,

your husband must not suspect a thing.

I found this in the archives...

The model in the magazine is the same one in the pictures.

You can go now.

"Shamrock editions"

- Hello Mirella. - Hey, how are you?

I haven�t seen you in a while.

"Shamrock editions"

Don�t move, ready?

Stop.

OK. Let�s do a different shot now.

Bruno, change the tape and bring the bottle and the glasses.

Dont move the pillows.

Aldo, sit here.

Leo, set the backdrop.

Paola, the make up.

Leo, mount the view of Paris.

Anna, come here.

You, ready with the camera?

- Miss? - Yes?

I am inspector De Sanctis.

Here are the slides, Mr. Liguori.

Ok, leave them here, thanks.

What about the black and white photos?

They�re printing them.

As soon as they�re ready they�ll bring them over.

Hey Max, listen to this one:

young, beautiful, passionate lady, unsatisfied wife

of middle eastern diplomat, expert connoisseur

of the exciting secrets of Kama Sutra, would like to

exchange her personal experiences with a western partner.

He must be classy and expert in S&M.

Who is that guy whos talking with Loredana?

Until recently he was working for the vice squad.

And now he can go fuck himself.

The vice squad nowadays has its hands tied.

He was always coming to seize materials at the place

where I was working before.

What can he want from Loredana?

That�s it for today, we�re done.

We�ll call you when we need you again.

So, are you coming with me Loredana?

Can it, Willie,

I already told you a thousand times: No

But if you do it with everybody, why not with me?

Because I don�t like you.

If it�s a question of money, I can get it.

So then, when you have it, give me a call.

Bye!

Goodnight, Luigi.

Goodnight. You�re always the last to leave, Miss.

Well let�s go, so I can go home too.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

There�s no doubt, sergeant. it�s Loredana Salvi.

Are you positive you want to go there?

Why don�t you let the police handle it?

Because I want to do this my way.

Luisa, if I were in your shoes..

But youre not.

- Good evening. - I�d like a room, please.

Do you have an ID?

Room 21, second floor.

- Where�s the elevator? - That way.

Administrative office.

The check, please.

Right away sir.

Did you get something from the bar?

Just a second.

I�ll wait for you in the car.

There you go.

I�d like to know how you got the urge to make love

in a motel when we are near house.

I don�t know... a whim.

Play Motel, had something exiting to it.

Yes, but in the meantime I missed rehearsals.

Big deal considering the great role the director assigned you.

To be or not to be the protagonist, that is the question,

whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer a small role

or be showered with tomatoes and cabbages as a first actor?

To sleep, to dream, to hope...

...To drive. Keep your eyes on the road, instead.

What�s that?

Know what?

We have a flat tire.

Do you need help?

We must call the police.

- Hello Police? - Yes.

A very serious thing has happened.

I found a corpse in my car.

What�s your name?

- Roberto Vinci. - Where are you?

On the Aurelia highway, at the Roma exit, by the gas station.

Don�t touch anything and wait for us there.

The corpse shows traces of death by suffocation.

Death seems to have occurred a few hours ago,

but I can�t know anything for sure before the autopsy.

Longhi Marialuisa, she was using her maiden name.

Can I, inspector?

Yes it�s her.

Take her away.

I�d like to. ask you some questions.

But if you don�t feel like it right now, you can

come tomorrow morning, with your lawyer, if you wish.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

See you tomorrow.

I�ll contact you latter.

Now you believe me?

Now I do, but I�ll must admit that last night when

I saw that the trunk was empty, I thought you were delusional.

Did Cortesi know that the body was initially in my car?

Not at all, and you did a good impersonation of a policeman.

I don�t want to boast, but after all acting is my job.

Right, I forgot, a theater actor.

No, don�t ask me that. My role in this play ends here.

I�ve had enough.

You read my mind.

I was sincerely expecting a different reaction.

Do you know how many people fall right into the role

of policemen when they�re involved in situations like this?

I have no such ambitions, but that doesn�t mean that I

won�t be at your disposal for any clarifications you might need.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Miss.

You surely didn�t exceeding bravery.

Why, do you think I should have involved myself up to the neck?

And after all I did it for you too.

Without asking me?

And then, besides the fact that collaborating with the

police is a citizen�s duty,

you would have gotten quite a bit of publicity for the show.

Unfortunately my business takes most of my time

and this worsened the relationship with my wife.

Did you neglect her?

Not completely,

but the time I could spare for her was very little.

Luisa wasn�t complaining. though.

What did you do yesterday afternoon?

I was busy with a business meeting that lasted until after midnight.

And then you went back home?

Yes, of course.

And not finding your wife, you didn�t worry at all?

It wasn�t the first time that Luisa was out late.

She often slept at her mothers.

Wouldn�t she let you know when she stayed out all night?

She would when we first got married, but then she stopped.

Weren�t you getting along anymore?

Not really.

A while ago we decided to live our own lives.

If I understand correctly,

there was a little tension between you, isn�t that so?

When your wife would go out would she take

jewelry and money with her?

Yes, especially her ring.

Was it very valuable?

A couple of million liras.

Do you think it was a theft?

Maybe.

And your Lawyer?

He had a court date.

Why didn�t he tell me yesterday?

Your identification information, please.

Rinaldo Cortesi.

So the police think it�s theft.

It�s seems like it.

I�m really sorry for you, believe me.

Two tragedies in such a short time.

First blackmail then the death of your wife.

Yes, it�s really been one of those weeks

And did you make up your mind about the blackmail?

Not yet.

Well, if you tell the police now, after your wife�s murder,

it would surely aggravate your position.

You told the police all about the difficult

relationship with your wife.

If you were in the inspector s place what would you think?

Pay, so the whole thing will just fade away.

And... I�m sorry but I can�t come to your wife�s funeral tomorrow,

I have a court date. Again, my condolences.

Thank you.

Remember, don�t talk about the whole deal.

Don�t hesitate to call me if you need me.

Sure.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Good evening, inspector, come in.

Good evening. I�m sorry to get you involved in all this,

but unfortunately the investigation requires your help again.

I�ll have more time now.

The director excused me from rehearsals and the

show won�t start before next month.

Don�t tell me you considered my proposition.

It was she who goaded me into it.

Not only that, but I want to do my part too.

And don�t tell me that it�s not a woman�s place.

I�m not that much of a chauvinist.

Something to drink?

A whiskey, please.

I went to the funeral of Cortesis wife.

Among many respectable gentlemen, I spotted a face:

a certain Max Liguori. Look at him closely.

I don�t know him.

But I do.

About ten years ago he was sentenced to two years for pandering.

Now he publishes porno magazines.

Are you sure you never saw him?

Not even in the motel where you went?

I would suggest that you, buy a ticket for the sleeping car.

A night on the train could be quite romantic.

But we�re traveling by car.

Excuse me.

It isn�t a bad idea, after all.

You tell me.

What is it?

My name is Liguori, I have a reservation.

Number 3.

Thanks. Come on.

After you.

What atmosphere!

Voil, take your pick.

The domino is for you...

...for me the queen of spades.

- ... mysterious love. - Beautiful.

I dont like it.

Why?

Let�s see something else.

Here this is for you, forbidden love.

It becomes you, you should have been a priest.

That�s true.

Room number seven in the phone booth please.

My child.

Yes, I really should have been a priest.

This darn wig. I might look good in it but it s unbearable.

And to think that there are people who wear them all the time,

how do they do it?

They do it for vanity and put up with it.

You instead do it on the inspector s suggestion, for duty.

It�s exactly how we suspected.

What did you find out?

The whole scam takes place

between rooms 3 and 4, we were right.

Shhhh...

I�d really like to know Liguori�s role in this dirty business.

Let�s follow him.

Photography Studio

We went to Play Motel and I must say

that they really took us for honeymooners.

The first two days nothing happened.

Except we stuck to our roles in every detail.

It�s the least you could do.

Yes, but Roberto wouldn�t settle for the minimum.

Then on the third day Liguori arrived with Valeria Marzotti,

the tycoon�s wife and they gave them room number..

...three. We�re dealing with shrewd well organized people,

we need concrete evidence to get our hands on the ring leader.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

I called you about that photography session.

Ah, it s you, make yourself comfortable.

You want to be in movies too.

Well, I�d like to try.

Before the camera itself will tell you this,

I will: with a body like that you could really make it.

Are you serious?

If you want I could also give you some help,

I have a lot of friends in the industry.

Take off your jacket.

Let�s start with a black and white film.

Take off your jeans too, show your legs.

My jeans too?

Nowadays you have to show what you�ve got,

otherwise photo sessions are completely useless.

You wouldn�t t feel modest on my account?

A little.

I�ve gotten used to seeing naked girls,

I see them every day, actresses. models..

Come on Miss, I�ve got a lot to do..

I can�t spend all of my time with you.

Let�s see...

I�m ready.

For a family portrait?

But this way the pictures are completely useless.

I already told you that producers want to see what you�ve got.

And you have nothing to hide, quite the opposite.

Yes, like that..

They are very nice..

Little help now..

Show a little shoulder.

No, let me go.

I�m sorry.

What�s come over you, have you gone crazy?

Why don�t you go freshen up and then we�ll do close ups.

Where�s the bathroom?

To the left.

Dark Room.

I�m ready when you are.

Ah here you are, good. Go over there.

We can go now.

I really wanted to take a couple of those negatives with me.

It would have been too risky, they would have suspected

something and the Inspector would never have forgiven us.

That weirdo would never have forgiven me if

he had found me in the dark room.

But you know what? Playing the detective excites me.

Really? But don�t forget to be careful.

I need to see you immediately, something serious happened.

What is it?

I can�t tell you by phone I�ll tell you about it when I see you.

I�ll see you at the same place in an hour, OK?

OK.

What�s scoundrels!

I have to pay, there�s no other way out.

Are you crazy? One hundred million!

What else can I do? Put my reputation.

my husband s and my children in jeopardy?

I�ll hock my jewelry and I�ll pay.

I�m not sure I can keep calm,

I�ll end up killing one of those dirty bastards.

Let�s go.

Take this.

Give it to me.

Here.

Wait, don�t move.

Here.

Is everything there?

I think so.

Yes. Come on. lets go.

No I�d rather take a walk.

Come with me.

No, I need to calm my nerves.

I�ll just walk for a while and then take a taxi.

As you like.

Ok. keep moving. good, now stop.

Perfect. Softer.

Good. Turn around.

Keep moving.

Make up!

Coming!

Freshen up her makeup.

Ok.

Anna! Are you ready?

Take off your clothes as naturally as you can.

One moment.

Come in.

Your signature...

I have no time now later. I�ll call you.

Is the file ready?

Yes.

Good morning ma�am.

Sure. here he is.

This call is for you.

Hello? What is it dear? Sure. the cardinal confirmed.

Very well I�ll be punctual, don�t worry.

Very well. Yes, yes... Bye.

I�m expecting a lot from tonight�s meeting.

Surely having the cardinal for dinner is pretty unusual.

It�s the result of a whole Lifetime devoted to morality and honesty.

You can go now, thanks.

Young aristocratic Lady, very beautiful, sensual and lusty

would exchange S&M experiences with partner of high social

status, distinguished and discreet.

Write to PO Box 218 S.Silvestro, Rome.

Doctor Toselli, I�m Anna.

Call me Guido. Make yourself comfortable.

The goose is in. In a while those who cook him will arrive.

Here�s the cook.

We�d better move or else we�ll be noticed.

How beautiful you are.

Take off your bra.

What beautiful breasts.

Now your panties.

What�s with this guy? Does he have an unlimited supply?

The supply his wife left him.

Then it seems that he s had a dry spell since his wedding night.

We followed her, we know where she lives.

Now you should intervene, alone.

Alone?

I have a plan that I think will work.

But you must keep out of it, at least for the moment.

I�m coming, be patient.

Who are you? What do you want?

Last night you were at Play Motel with a man.

So what? Are you his wife? His lover?

None of the above.

So what do you care who I�ve been with. It�s my business.

It could also be the police�s business.

The Police? And why?

Blackmail.

Exactly, and don�t play dumb.

Are you joking?

You call it a joke blackmailing people?

I�ve never blackmailed anyone.

Really? Then dial 4543, Mr. Guido Toselli will answer.

Hello who is it?

Toselli?

It�s me.

Guido.

Who�s speaking?

It�s me.

Me who?

Anna.

You filthy bitch, I�ll pay the 300 million liras,

but I hope that one day you�ll need just as much

to cure your cancer.

Whore!

Convinced?

I don�t know anything about it.

I�m a prostitute, it�s true, it�s my job

and 3 million is a lot of money,

but I also have to go through a lot of humiliation and suffering.

I don�t know a thing about the blackmail, I swear.

You won�t be able to avoid becoming involved

when this thing comes out.

Unless...

Let�s wait for everybody to leave.

Can we go now?

Yes. He�s alone now.

You know what you need to do.

Yes, don�t worry.

Good evening Luigi!

Good evening. Why are you here at this hour?

I have an appointment,

I�m supposed to introduce this friend.

Very well.

That is the main office. Be careful.

What are you doing here? The shoot is tomorrow at 8.

You men don�t understand a thing about women.

You never noticed that the more I pushed you away,

the more I desired you?

But maybe I picked the wrong night.

Come here.

Good evening Mr. Liguori.

Who is that girl who left here a half an hour ago?

Who? That beautiful blonde in jeans?

I don�t know. I�ve never seen her before.

She came with Miss Anna.

Anna?

And what about her?

She left with Willie ten minutes ago.

She never came to pick them up.

That bitch Anna. She�s double crossing us.

Hello?

It�s Anna.

I can�t hear a thing, speak louder.

Anna!

Anna, what�s going on?

Hello? Anna?

Anna you hear me?

Let�s call the inspector immediately.

What else can I tell you about my activities?

Your lawyer permitting.

Truth doesn�t fear the law.

When, conveniently, it doesn�t ask for exemptions or clemency.

I�m here to assist my client.

Its your right. Inviolable.

In light of recent events,

among which the murder of a girl last night,

I�m presented with a knot that is not easy to unravel.

Luisa Cortesi...

...your late wife, is murdered in mysterious circumstances

and now it is clear that it was not a robbery.

even if the killer, or the killers,

did everything they could to make us believe that.

One could even think that your poor wife had a double life.

Will you concede me this hypothesis?

Last night another woman was killed:

Anna de Marchis in the same fashion as your wife.

Evidently a maniac.

I�m amazed at how you, sir,

a man of so few words have come to such a hasty conclusion.

A premature diagnosis.

Anna De Marchis worked as a model in various fields,

for example in photography, the same one, by coincidence,

as the other woman worked...

Loredana Salvi.

Her file has not yet been closed because it is possible

that her death wasn�t accidental.

I don�t see what connections could possibly...

You could very well not see a connection.

Immersed in your work, you wouldn�t t even have noticed

that your wife had other relationships.

But I did notice.

It seems that the two models were working for

Shamrock publishing owned

by a certain Massimo Liguori who

it turns out, is not the proprietor but just a front and who,

by coincidence, is one of your clients, Alfieri.

We took several photographs at your wife�s funeral and

among the others this one of Max Liguori.

Who seems to know you very well also.

And again, dont do or say

anything without consulting me first.

Ok.

Talk, what were you doing at Play Motel?

Talk.

How did you get to know Anna? Where? Answer!

Why did you go to Willie with that story?

Who sent you to him? I want to know the truth!

Why were you at the office?

Talk bitch or I�ll knock your head off!

Yes?

Has she talked yet?

Not yet but she will.

Let her be. I need her alive.

What if they made her talk?

It could be.

But I�m sure she gave them a different version

of the facts, as agreed.

But I�m afraid.

Patrizia is the only weapon They�ve got as long as she�s alive.

We must make all the right moves now.

We only need to hit the right target.

You know what you need to say.

- Hello? - Mr. Cortesi.

Yes it�s me, who�s speaking?

You don�t need to know that.

Then I have nothing to say to you.

I have something that might interest you:

a shamrock shaped broach.

I�m not interested in jewelry.

But the police might be interested.

Are you listening?

Yes, let me think. Call me again in 30 minutes.

5 minutes.

They could expose the story of the pictures,

the blackmail, that murdered girl you went to that motel with.

You would be in trouble, serious trouble.

Try again.

So what is your answer?

Tell me what you want.

20 million liras.

How do I know that you won�t go to the police anyway?

You have no choice.

OK, but I don�t have the money with me,

you�ll have to wait until tomorrow.

Tell him you can�t wait.

Either I get the money now or I�ll go to the police.

But what can I do?

That�s your problem.

There�s no other way.

Give me until tomorrow morning.

OK.

Where can I meet you? Shall I come to you?

OK, but no funny business.

How could I? You�re the one in control.

What time is the appointment?

At 1O in a cottage on route 10.

Pay and let�s hope that this is the end of it.

I�m sorry but I have to go now. Goodnight.

Who is it?

Cortesi.

Didn�t we agree on tomorrow morning?

As you can see the appointment has arrived early.

The broach!

Here it is.

See, with a little patience you catch the fish.

And now for the big one.

You! The boss has forbidden you to come here.

The police were all over the place.

They nearly got me.

They�ve found us out.

Calm down!

Bring the girl up.

Very well.

Get up, come with me.

Where?

Get going.

Move it!

If you try anything I�ll blow her brains out.

Move it.

He was armed.

Here�s her friend.

Surprised?

What about Liguori?

I left him in an horizontal position.

I paid him back in kind. And I even told you on the phone:

No funny business. And don�t try anything now.

The broach is in a safe place

When did you get it?

Dont worry about that.

Worry about the fact that you ve been caught.

What a good money making scheme.

Fronting the motel and the publishing company,

blackmailing rich sex maniacs with compromising pictures,

blackmailing yourself to create an alibi.

Unfortunately you hadn�t figured on your

wife�s suspecting something.

And just as she was about to find out everything,

you didn�t think twice about killing her,

as you did with Loredana Salvi and Anna De Marchis.

I haven�t killed anyone.

No, worse: it takes courage to kill,

you are a coward.

You had them killed.

If that�s the problem. I can fix it.

Stop, Police.

Freeze.

See even an unloaded gun can be useful.

I might as well have been unarmed.

One doesn�t go on a sting unarmed,

it would have aroused suspicion.

If Cortesi had guessed. I don�t know how it would have ended up.

As the saying goes, all s well that ends well.

By the way, next time if you feel like making love.

find a motel without mirrors.

Don�t worry inspector.

next time well bring our own mirror.

And don�t forget: my name and photos in the newspapers.