After many years he gets out of jail and sets out in search of his family, he then learns that his wife had moved to Livorno with his daughter Luisa and on the train he accidentally runs into Renato who, when cornered, confesses to him the truth: after having stolen a lot of money from the company and after being rejected again by Clara he decided to disappear but at the same time blame Pietro for revenge.

The girl tries several times to find a job but without success, the pension owner reminds her that there are other ways to make money and that she should take advantage of them.

At this point everything seems to be going well, Pietro has found his daughter and the girl can also crown her dream of love with Stefano, since even the Soldani family has repented of how they acted.

Not knowing what to do, Pietro loads the body into the car and brings it back into the river, in the same spot where it was said he had been thrown years before but then, after having witnessed his daughter's wedding, he constitutes himself to the police.

[1] The film was released as Double Cross in the United States where it was dubbed in English, cut to a 77 minute running time, and directly to television.