Walter Treppiedi

Walter is an unpleasant man dirty a smalltime middleman a third class swindler He lives in an old station wagon full of dirt and scraps of a lifetime In that car Walter eats sleeps receives young customers to whom he promises to break into the show business as long as they are willing to do anything and in exchange for a bribe His bodyguard is always by his side hes too old and smells Hes own faithful life companion A Rottweiler named Blackie and hes dying