The Big Racket is a 1976 Italian crime film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, and Renzo Palmer. The film is known for its gritty, violent portrayal of organized crime in Italy and its depiction of a lone policeman's fight against corruption and injustice.
The film begins with a group of criminals extorting money from local shopkeepers in a small Italian town. The police are powerless to stop them, and the townspeople are too scared to speak out.
Palmieri, a tough and determined police inspector, is called in to investigate. He immediately senses that there is more to the situation than meets the eye and begins to delve deeper into the criminal underworld.
As he begins to close in on the truth, Palmieri is met with resistance from his own superiors, who are involved in the corruption. Undeterred, he continues his investigation and discovers that the gang is involved in drug trafficking.
When his superior orders him to stop the investigation, Palmieri decides to take matters into his own hands. He recruits a group of men who have been victimized by the gang, and together they set out to take down the criminals once and for all.
The action-packed finale of The Big Racket is a thrilling, bloody showdown between the police and the criminals, as Palmieri leads his team into battle against the corrupt and violent gang.