Leo is a middle-aged travelling salesman. He carries a suitcase full of gag gifts everywhere but hardly makes any sale. In addition to this, he is also constantly beset with accidents and other misfortunes.
Rosetta is a short-sighted airhead who as a public address system announcer. Her romantic life has been full of bad choices. This makes the odd-looking Leo seem like an ameliorative alternative.
One day, both of them are at a bank when it is held up by a Franco-Italian gang. They gang takes Rosetta hostage. Leo's tie gets stuck in her handbag so he is also taken hostage. The gang decamps in two car. The one carrying the hostages meets with an accident. The gang members are hurt and unconscious. Rosetta is thrown out. Leo retrieves his samples suitcase from the stricken car and carries off Rosetta on his shoulders. They hide at a water treatment plant where they discover that the suitcase has been swapped and contains the bank loot. The gangsters open their suitcase at their lair and find it is full of fake ____.
When the police examine the CCTV footage, they assume that Leo must be the leader of the loot gang. A still photo from the video is published in newspapers. When Leo tries to hitch a ride, the car owner abandons the vehicle as he thinks Leo is a mobster boss. After this incident, Rossetta is assumed to be a co-conspirator. As they escape in the car, radio announces that the police has dubbed the two as the two as ‘Bonnie and Clyde of the Eightees’ after the notorious American robber duo.
Rosetta, who had lost her glasses, unintionally throws the suitcase into a cement mixer. They then decide to go into hiding as there is no chance of clearing their names with the police. This leads to a series of adventures.
Exquisitely beautiful Ornella Mutti plays the thrill-seeking but dumb Rosetta. Paolo Villaggio has played similar roles as Leo in many movies so he is a natural. The ending of the movie has an India connection. Leo is always a gentleman and courteous to a fault but he did try to cop a feel while Rosetta was unconscious. The ever-combative Rosetta unintentionally gets Leo thrashed by the gangsters more than once. Leo tries his hopeless best to be brave and composed against insurmountable odds. It is a greatly entertaining movie from start to finish.
Age rating: 18+