Mean Frank and Crazy Tony

is a 1973 crime-comedy film directed by Michele Lupo, and starring Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco and Edwige Fenech.

[2][3] Tony Breda, whilst well-respected in his Italian town, is a small-time criminal who idolises and attempts to imitate his hero Italo-American mobster Frankie Diomede who has earned the nickname "Dio" ("God").

Tony reads in the newspaper that Frank has returned to Genoa to take care of a rival organisation, run by Louis Annunziata, operating in his home territory.

Frank calmly calls the police and alerts them to illegal gambling activities taking place at the party, and in doing so arranges his own arrest.

When Tony hears advancing police sirens, he pushes past the fleeing guests to reach Frank, believing that if he rescues him from arrest, he will be "made for life".

Frank arranges a boat to Tunisia, via an old friend, but informs Tony that a life of hard crime is not for him, and urges him to reform his ways.