Fearless (1978 film)

Poliziotto senza paura (internationally titled Fearless, Fearless Fuzz, Magnum Cop and Fatal Charm) is a 1978 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Stelvio Massi. The film is set in Vienna.

Maurizio Merli stars in this crime drama from the late seventies. He had made several international movies including some in Hollywood and Pinewood Studios but was best remembered for starring in these types of Films. In an interview from 1979 he stated that working with Joan Collins was great fun and that not only was she very professional and easy to work with but that his favorite drink was Chinzano, especially poignant because Joan and Leonard Rossiter would star in a long running series of commercials for that brand of spiced Italian wines.

At the time the Film was made, Joan Collins career was experiencing something of a resurgence. In conjunction with " The Stud", the somewhat artistically challenged " Empire of the Ants" and the second adaptation of her sisters Novel "The Bitch", Joan Collins found herself in a second chance at fame, including Cannes Film Premieres and associated promotions for these Films.

It is said that having seen her performances in several of these pictures and additionally casting her in his hit television show, Fantasy Island, as Cleopatra, Aaron Spelling choose her to play Alexis Carrington in his flailing Oil Soap Dynasty to lift its ratings.

Despite doing the occasional film in Italy and various made-for-TV movies, the exposure was enough to essentially relaunch Joan as a viable Star and lead to many other career opportunities. While some dismiss these movies as schlock, often Joan's performance in them lifts the material from mundane to eminatley viewable, if only to see her age-defying Beauty.

Fatal Charm is one such movie where the sum of its parts is exceeded by the end result. Not Academy award winning material but adequate to pass a Sunday afternoon enjoyably.