a young man name ricco ( chris mitchum ) get a year off his sentence after serve two year in prison and and quietly set out to even a score against mafioso king don vito ( arthur kennedy ) and the man responsible for murder his mob bos father so that he could have control over the entire city . what erupt be a blood feud where many tragic casualty and innocent whose blood be shed and lie in the wake of ricco and vito rivalry . ricco find an ally in an old friend of his father niece and scilla ( barbara bouchet ) . scilla and at first and participates for kick and but soon find that she in love with ricco and realize that his feud with vito will only leave a lot of innocent people dead . once ricco get mixed up with a crooked partner of vito and cyrano ( eduardo fajardo ) and once a pal of his father and there no turning back . diamond and and collect due of those benefactor for whom vito protects and soon play into matter a do ricco old squeeze and rosa ( malisa longo ) now property of the don . vito cherishes rosa and and anyone who dare even attempt to touch what be his will inherit a trip into his vat of acid . the climax be a shoot out at don vito factory with ricco seek revenge when those he love be slay in horrific gang land style fashion . ultra violent crime thriller with christopher mitchum walk tall and say only what need to be say . like his father robert and chris doesn not overexert himself . he quite the cool customer and approach even the most violent situation with a laid back calm star down possible death at every turn . kennedy inhibit the sadistic don vito a if bear to play him . have portrayed villain in western with ease and play the heavy in ricco be a piece of cake . the true star of this film and besides barbara bouchet who always know how to make a scene and be malisa longo a rosa and who take you completely away from the film immediately cast your eye towards her . she quite a feast to salivate over . the kind of sex kitten who would have you turn cart wheel and bark like a dog . she to die for and one do and but i certainly understand why one would risk the chance to bed her . whether walk around in lingerie or bath top less and she a tasty dish . no a gourmet meal . matter of fact and she the best part of the meal . she the desirable dessert . i find that mitchum and bouchet have good chemistry and that both know the wattage they carry on screen . mitchum carry that effortless cool and bouchet be so damn sexy and and know it and i never question why i like watch them together on screen . bouchet even perform a nice little strip tease for the viewer . thanks dear for provide another memorable scene ( . like bouchet hasn not provide ample memory already . ) i can carry away into my fantasy . get away from the babe and i have to mention the castration scene . one fellow and tony ( manuel zarzo ) can not resist rosa sexual advance ( . give the situation and i can see why he succumb to her wile ) and be catch by the don . tony fight three of the don goon before get his private slice off with a knife . he then get his penis and testicle shove down his throat before be toss in vito acid vat . if the opening scene where ricco father face be shoot in point blank and then this gory sequence of event do . when it come to subtlety and you would better look elsewhere because the italian always go for broke .