When the Lion Smiles

"Martin Shaw�s chaotic divorce is bleeding him dry and is close to driving him insane. His lawyer wants him to get away; to take a much needed vacation someplace quiet, calm and peaceful like Venice, Italy, where he promptly witnesses and is in turn accused of the violent murder of a street vendor. Venice, Italy is beautiful, tranquil and romantic but it is only a gorgeous and resplendent version of Alcatraz in a magnificent and ancient disguise.

If you are a tourist in Venice, whether by the earnest police, the vast shadowy underworld of the Marocchini, the ubiquitous Pescaria, the omnipresent Gondolieri, or the ever-growing criminal element of the Smiling Lion, you will be unmercifully hounded!"