Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Umberto LenziWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel · Free: Cineverse, Midnight Pulp · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Tomas Milian 
Claudio Cassinelli 
Nicoletta Machiavelli 
Henry Silva Robert Hundar 
Biagio Pelligra
Credits
Written by: Dardano Sacchetti
Plot
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.
Sinekatalog’s take
A rugged Italian crime picture where a cop recruits a crook to track a vicious kidnapper. It is fast, violent and typical of its genre, an easy pick for poliziotteschi fans.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (852 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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