Day of Violence (1977)

In Rome Arbelli, who made occasional friendship with the commoner Paolo, tells him that he was unable to own Anna, his girlfriend. Having gone to her apartment after a party, the two young men rape her and kill a woman who was trying to help her. Chased by the police, the two kidnap around fifteen customers in a restaurant attached to the Hotel Continental; then they blackmail Commissioner Aldovrandi, who rushed and besieged the building, asking for a billion in gold bars, a car and a plane to escape. The official, while asking for time until dawn of the following day, prepares a marksman chosen in a suitable place. In the hours that follow, Paolo is moved by the sensible words of a single woman; but Arbelli becomes increasingly fierce.