The protagonist, a Carabinieri marshal transferred from Cortina to Venice to protect a visiting American actress and her valuable necklace at the Film Festival. He navigates comedic mishaps, journalist traps, and a French thief's schemes before successfully resolving an international intrigue.
Colombo tracks Dupont, suspected to be the agile French thief known as The Cat.
The journalist constantly sets traps to extract scoops about Kim Dovak.
Colombo's procedural blunders create friction with the festival director.
Puddu, now a hotel waiter, assists Colombo with local logistics and security.
Colombo is explicitly assigned to guard Kim Dovak and her necklace at the festival.
Vinciguerra issues the official transfer order to Colombo for the Venice mission.
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