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A Special Cop in Action (1976)

A Special Cop in Action poster
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
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How it feels

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

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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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