Competent enough, but not very spectacular Italian thriller set in San Francisco and starring the great Henry Silva in a textbook "one man against all" cop-tale. Silva, as the titular inspector Sterling, is out for revenge and to clear his name. He got framed by local mobsters, undoubtedly with help from within the police corps, and trialed for killing an informant. The mobsters also killed his son, but surprisingly enough, he seems less upset about that then about the frame-up. "The Falling Man" isn't dull or bad, but it's very predictable and contains far too many overlong and redundant sequences. There is, for example, a lot of footage of Silva simply staring dazed and confused into the distance, or repeating pieces of flashbacks into his head that aren't even very relevant. It's very easy to guess who the secretive "Charlie" is, and the body count lies much too low for an Italian crime-thriller. The music is great, though, and blond actress Beba Loncar looks ravishing. Too bad her role is fairly small.
PS: in the fantastic documentary "Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s!", it's explained how the city of San Francisco charges film productions for the use of footage of the famous Golden Gate bridge in their movies. I guess the producers of "The Falling Man" wanted to get the most out of their money then, because footage of the bridge is shown every couple of minutes.
PS: in the fantastic documentary "Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s!", it's explained how the city of San Francisco charges film productions for the use of footage of the famous Golden Gate bridge in their movies. I guess the producers of "The Falling Man" wanted to get the most out of their money then, because footage of the bridge is shown every couple of minutes.