A young Italian noblewoman plots with her lover and her family to murder her abusive father leading to an uproar in the community and the Roman Catholic church set in 16th Century Italy....

该片讲述了一个牧羊少年因目睹一起杀人案，竟被人推下悬崖。一个平民在孤独的抗议，被当街射杀，尸体在流血，无人问津。正直的警察局长蓬纳维亚早就对法律的公正丧失信心，雇凶不成，就自己充当杀手，干掉了这一切罪恶的幕后黑手——一个名义上的地产承包商罗蒙诺。而自己在自首后，被买通的犯人在狱中杀害。...