Blame It on the Bellboy

Three men board a plane at London Heathrow bound for Venice. Each arrives with a different objective—Melvyn to buy a villa, Mike to carry out a hit, and Maurice to meet a date through Medi-Date. Their journey begins a tangle of mistaken identities and hidden agendas.

The trio checks into Hotel Gabrielli in Venice. A bellboy with limited English misreads their names and sends mixed signals to the wrong guests. The confusion seeds later misunderstandings and danger.

The bellboy delivers the wrong notices: Melvyn receives Mike's hit details, Maurice gets the villa address, and Mike learns about Maurice's date. This mix-up intertwines their plans and escalates mistrust. The wrong messages pull them deeper into a dangerous game.

Melvyn travels to Scarpa's house, where the mafioso captures him and tortures him to reveal the name of his boss. The interrogation shows how far the situation has spiraled. Scarpa's suspicions set the stage for a deadly pursuit toward the hotel.

Maurice meets Caroline Wright, who is selling the villa for a large commission and cash. He believes she is his date and is briefly enticed by the flirtatious sales talk. The scene foreshadows a calculated scam that will affect everyone.

Mike follows Maurice's intended date, Patricia, and makes a first attempt to kill her, which ends in failure. The botched hit leaves him unsettled and forces him to improvise. Patricia remains unaware of the danger she is in.

Melvyn is allowed to call his boss and is harshly rebuked by Marshall. Scarpa notes Melvyn as a worm and starts suspecting Maurice. Scarpa and his men begin moving toward the hotel with Melvyn in custody.

Scarpa's henchmen reach the hotel, tightening the vice around all players. Maurice takes Caroline out for lunch, while Mike again tries to kill Patricia but is interrupted. The hotel becomes a crowded nexus of danger and deception.

The group returns to the hotel; Maurice and Caroline seek to carry on with their arrangement, while Mike weighs what to do with Patricia. Melvyn attempts to check out and slip away as danger closes in. The web of lies tightens around everyone.

Maurice's wife, Mrs. Horton, arrives at the hotel and is guided to a room where Melvyn was tortured earlier. Caroline insinuates she will keep their tryst secret if Maurice pays her. The ruse deepens and the stakes rise.

Maurice arranges for the money to be transferred from the UK, and Mike and the Mafiosi overhear the plan. Scarpa decides to kill both Horton and Orton, increasing the danger for everyone involved. Tensions peak as the money becomes a weapon.

Two identical briefcases are prepared, one with money and one with a bomb. Maurice places his money in a case and hides it in the hotel safe, while Scarpa's men plant the bomb in the other. Melvyn deposits the bomb-case as the two teams swap the identification tags on the cases.

Maurice leaves with his briefcase and is pursued by the mafiosi. Melvyn, on a raft offshore, is ordered to trigger the bomb, but the swap warning creates chaos. The detonator finally works and Scarpa's boat explodes and sinks.

Mike retreats to the Hotel Gabrielli and learns his employer has rewarded him for Scarpa's death, while fearing for his life. Melvyn tricks Mr. Marshall out of £355,000 and escapes to the Bahamas. The epilogue reveals Caroline's speedboat, the Hortons' villa, Mike and Patricia's marriage, and the bellboy's dismissal.