Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era's Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn't behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco's office assistant.
Mr. Ricco has generally received mixed reviews.
Review of Mr. Ricco (1975)
By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 04 Sep 2016
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Mr. Ricco was released in 1975 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Mr. Ricco (1975) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 60%.
With a score of 59%, Mr. Ricco is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1975, which stands at 60%.
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