Toni Ricardelli (Rick Kavanian) is a contract killer who likes to boast about what he does for a living. His latest job is to eliminate Mafioso Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero), who's about to publish a tell-all book exposing his underworld connections. Toni draws Enrico into the open with the help of book editor Julia Steffens (Nora Tschirner), using the pretense of a large check. After the hit, Toni feels bad for a distraught Julia and decides to save her job by impersonating the now-dead mobster.