An interesting but nasty emblem of its time, starring John Cassavetes as an utterly mercenary criminal who tangles with the mob.

[A] minor, worthy entry [...] Cassavetes, like Gene Hackman, had access to a reserve of energy.

(T)his Italian-American crime movie cocktail has some great flavors in the mix, thanks to Cassavetes and to the unraveling chaos that director Montaldo follows to the bitter end.

an absorbing mixture of dramatic pathos and criminal intrigue, one of those rare gems of late-1960s international filmmaking that is all but unthinkable today