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Wikipedia article
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| director = Umberto Lenzi
| producer = Fabrizio De Angelis
| screenplay = Vincenzo Mannino
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| music = Franco Micalizzi
| cinematography =
| editing = Vincenzo Tomassi
| studio = Pan-European Production Pictures
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| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Italy
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| gross = 2.047 billion
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'Violent Naples' is a 1976 'poliziottesco' film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It starred Maurizio Merli, John Saxon and Barry Sullivan, and was the first sequel to 'Violent Rome'. Saxon appeared in several such movies.
Plot
Commissioner Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples, receiving on his arrival a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, trying to force the syndicate out of town by any means necessary.
Cast
*Maurizio Merli: Commissioner Betti
*John Saxon: Francesco Capuano
*Barry Sullivan: camorra boss 'O Generale
*Elio Zamuto: Franco Casagrande
*Silvano Tranquilli: Paolo Gervasi
*Maria Grazia Spina: Gervasi's wife
*Guido Alberti: Superintendent
*Tom Felleghy : Commissioner in Genoa
Release
'Violent Naples' was released in Italy on 7 August 1976, where it was distributed by Fida Cinematografica. It had a domestic gross of 2,046,936,220 Italian lire. In the United Kingdom the film was released as 'Sudden Justice'. The film was followed by 'Special Cop in Action', the final film in the Commissioner Betti trilogy.
Reception
The 'Monthly Film Bulletin' described the film as a "nasty, brutish and over-long escapade" that was plagiarizing 'Dirty Harry'. The review found the film to be "lacklustre in style, without a trace of tension to its slam-bang action."
See also
* List of Italian films of 1976
Notes
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