Opening scene: it is the last day of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Everyone is all decked out in holiday attire except Bart Maverick in his signature outfit. While watching the parade, Bart notices a shopkeeper being shot in his shop. The wounded man comes out the shop's door and falls to the street where Bart kneels to give aid. The man says, "Mano nero." and dies.
The Italian mob first expressed itself in New Orleans with the original gangsters known as "The Black Hand" giving this a reality zing! This is years before they arrived in New York and Chicago!
Maverick is involved in a bombing at his friend's place and the hotel dic is killed in his room and the Chief of Police has an eye on Bart. He orders the gambler caged. Bart talks his way out and foils the Black Hander, our Maverick friend, Gerald Mohr.
It's more drama than comedy and just a little touch of "The Untouchables!"
The Italian mob first expressed itself in New Orleans with the original gangsters known as "The Black Hand" giving this a reality zing! This is years before they arrived in New York and Chicago!
Maverick is involved in a bombing at his friend's place and the hotel dic is killed in his room and the Chief of Police has an eye on Bart. He orders the gambler caged. Bart talks his way out and foils the Black Hander, our Maverick friend, Gerald Mohr.
It's more drama than comedy and just a little touch of "The Untouchables!"