A Special Cop in Action (1976)

Original title

Italia a mano armata

Directed by

Marino Girolami

Genre

detective film

Country

Italy

Runtime

3h 10m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police commissioner in Italy faces a wave of violent crime. He takes direct action against the criminals terrorizing the city.

fast-pacedgrittyaction-heavytenseretrogrimyrevenge-driven

What happens

Special Cop in Action (Italian: Italia a mano armata, lit. 'Italy at gunpoint') is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Marino Girolami, here credited as Franco Martinelli. The film is the final chapter in the Girolami's Commissioner Betti Trilogy, after Violent Rome and Violent Naples, though a spin-off in the series entitled Weapons of Death would be released the following year. The main theme of the film was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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