Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)

INVESTIGATION

OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION

Several scenes were filmed at the Piazzale

del Caravaggio administrative complex

of Beni Stabili, S.p.A.

Any similarity to real persons

or actual events is entirely coincidental.

JUSTICE

SCIENCE

How are you going to kill me this time?

I'm going to slash your throat.

Hello?

Hello.

Police department?

What took you so long?

Are you sleeping or what?

There's been a crime.

Yes, a crime.

Via del Tempio 1.

Not via del Tempo, idiot.

Via del Tempio 1.

Augusta Terzi.

Apartment number 1.

Did you write that down?

Repeat it to me.

After you.

After you.

After you.

Wait a minute!

Congratulations, Chief.

Congratulations.

Congratulations, Chief.

We finally did it.

We couldn't have kept on

without a sense of direction.

We needed a man like you.

The political situation is favorable.

I have lots of ideas.

Don't worry about anything.

See you later.

Piantone, bring me 15 glasses.

What's wrong?

A murder, Chief.

Via del Tempo 1.

Tempio.

Mrs. Augusta Terzi.

When did the call come in?

Ten or 20 minutes ago.

Ten or 20?

They didn't specify.

HOMICIDE DIVISION CHIEF

Precise.

We must be precise.

We verified the name and address.

I'm going there now.

Your careless police work gives the suspects

time to come up with their alibis.

You'll realize that once I'm gone.

"Officer Fires Shots."

Who was it?

WOUNDS FACTORY WORKER

We don't know him.

And, of course, he dropped

the gun and it went off.

That's the most likely story.

Go to via del Tempio.

Congratulations.

Come on, cheer up!

What's with the sad faces?

Don't worry, ma'am.

Your son will get off with 10 years.

I've got nothing to do with it anymore.

I'm done here.

Mantiglia, Cascio,

Mangiaracine, Del Re, let's go!

All of you, let's go!

You're finally free of this leech.

Come on.

Panunzio!

Let's have Panunzio

break open a bottle for us.

Here he is.

My deepest congratulations, Chief.

Toruzzo!

You're coming with me.

Mangani!

You're coming with me, got it?

Congratulations.

It won't be easy for me

to fill your shoes.

Don't be ridiculous.

What are you talking about?

And Panunzio? Where is he?

Here.

There he is!

Panunzio, eh?

Should we go in?

So, did you get a confession

out of Proietti yet?

He still insists it was suicide.

Have a drink. The champagne

will help clear your mind.

My mind is already clear!

I'm innocent.

We understand.

She killed herself

just to get me in trouble.

Yes!

Yes.

Or maybe she lost her balance.

She must have been dizzy.

I don't know!

You pushed her.

No, I was asleep,

just like I was when you found me.

I was asleep.

And besides, I'm a violent type.

I would've strangled that bitch!

Drink up, Mr. Innocent.

Drink.

Everybody's innocent here.

There's only one guilty party...

and that's me.

Quiet, please.

I'm not saying this to ingratiate

myself with a superior officer,

who is also a dear friend,

but nobody deserves

this promotion more than you.

In all these years,

we've investigated 102 murder cases,

and only 10 have gone unsolved.

I'm sure that, in this difficult time,

the Political Division will become as efficient

as Homicide was under your command.

I wish you as much success there

as you had here.

I raise my glass to your health

and to your extraordinary career.

Cheers.

Enough ass-kissing.

The carnival is over. Let's go.

Via del Tempio 1 is a go!

Via del Tempio 1 is a go!

Mangani, Panunzio, let's go!

I'll meet you there.

Do you have a statement?

It was her husband.

Great!

What have you got?

Newspaper clippings of crime stories.

There's a photo of you too. Look.

Where is she?

Over here.

Uncover her.

Her jewelry box is empty.

And that?

300,000 lire in cash.

She was a real libertine,

like D'Annunzio.

We haven't found

any undergarments in the house.

Not even underwear.

What a mess.

They were in bed, making love.

Any evidence of an orgasm?

Not from my initial examination.

Cover her up.

Collect that bottle and that glass.

Did any of the tenants

see or hear anything?

We're getting their names.

Are you feeling okay?

Who lives next door?

A well-known surgeon.

An individual above suspicion.

Whose name is the apartment in?

The victim's.

Who inherits everything?

The husband?

They've been separated for three years.

Find him. Question him.

Look at this.

The victim was posing

for fake crime scene photos.

There's a whole collection of them.

I think it's the work of an amateur,

and quite a childish one.

What do you think?

Lie down on the bed and turn over.

I'll show you how we found

that whore on Viale Coccia di Morto.

Where?

That's good.

Now come with me.

Where?

A German stewardess had sex with a Turk

during an intercontinental flight.

We found her strangled to death

in the bathroom at Fiumicino airport.