In a time of internal political disturbance, Roman police inspector Gian Maria Volontè gets that plum assignment: crack down on political dissidents; then proceeds to slash the throat of married mistress Florinda Bolkan (“a beautiful, kinky masochist” – Vincent Canby). But as homicide cops swarm over the murder scene, guess who gets tapped to head the investigation? And, as every clue unearthed – most perversely planted by Volontè himself – leads right back to… is anybody going to do anything about it? Investigation becomes a biting critique of Italian police methods and authoritarian repression, a psychological study of a budding crypto-fascist, a probing why-dun nit, and a buildup to a question-stamped finale.
参考翻译：
在一个内部政治动荡的时期，罗马警察督察吉安·玛丽亚·沃朗特（Gian Maria Volontè）得到了一项艰巨的任务：打击政治异见者；然后继续割断已婚情妇弗洛琳达·博尔坎（Vincent Canby）的喉咙。但是当凶杀警察蜂拥在凶杀现场时，猜猜谁被派去领导调查？而且，随着每一条线索的发掘——最反常的是沃朗特自己栽种的——都会直接回到。。。有人打算对此做些什么吗？调查变成了对意大利警察手段和专制镇压的尖锐批评，对一个初露头角的秘密法西斯主义者的心理学研究，对邓尼特的原因的探究，以及对一个带有问题印记的结局的强化。
重点词汇释义
crack down on处罚，制裁
dissidents持不同政见者; dissident的复数
Canby坎比
swarm over成群结队地走过或穿过
guess who猜猜是谁
