I enjoyed the atmosphere and rural Italian setting of this minor giallo, and yes I am an unapologetic fan of "eccentric person in wheelchair" and "intellectually disabled young man vaguely wandering around" as well as "plain heiress or unassuming working class woman as secret nymphomaniac" and "old man as fatherly/grandfatherly figure turns out to be a psychopath." Blame it on my childhood obsession with Scooby Doo and Agatha Christie mysteries on PBS, but somehow I never tire of some newfound variation on these cozy tropes. The Police are Blundering in the Dark is also thankfully in Italian rather than English dubbed.
However, the overarching plot of La polizia brancola nel buio is just silly, becoming more absurd as the film nears the end. No one in the film stands out as particularly likable, either, there's no one to hold on to or identify with as far as I am concerned. Fair-to-middling 70s effort to to watch when you don't really feel like paying attention.
However, the overarching plot of La polizia brancola nel buio is just silly, becoming more absurd as the film nears the end. No one in the film stands out as particularly likable, either, there's no one to hold on to or identify with as far as I am concerned. Fair-to-middling 70s effort to to watch when you don't really feel like paying attention.