{{Infobox film | name = Violent Naples | image = Napoli-violenta.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!--(for non-English films: film's name in its native language)--> | director = Umberto Lenzi | producer = Fabrizio De Angelis{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}} | screenplay = Vincenzo Mannino{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}} | story = Vincenzo Mannino{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}} | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | starring = {{plainlist| * Maurizio Merli * John Saxon * Barry Sullivan}} | music = Franco Micalizzi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}} | cinematography = {{plainlist| * Fausto Zuccoli * Sebastiano Celeste{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}}}} | editing = Vincenzo Tomassi{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}} | studio = Pan-European Production Pictures<ref name="mfb-review">{{cite magazine|magazine=Monthly Film Bulletin|title=Napoli Violenta (Death Dealers)|volume=44|issue=516|page=47|year=1977|publisher=British Film Institute|last=Markham|first=Peter}}</ref> | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{film date|df=y|1976|8|7|Italy}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Italy | language = | budget = | gross = ₤2.047 billion<!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")--> }} '''''Violent Naples''''' ({{langx|it|Napoli violenta}}) 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'' and the second entry into the ''Commissioner Betti'' Trilogy. Saxon appeared in several such movies.<ref name="filmink">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon|date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
==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 as Commissioner Betti * John Saxon as Francesco Capuano * Barry Sullivan as Camorra Boss 'O Generale * Elio Zamuto as Franco Casagrande * Silvano Tranquilli as Paolo Gervasi * Maria Grazia Spina as Gervasi's wife * Guido Alberti as Superintendent * Tom Felleghy as Commissioner in Genoa
==Release== ''Violent Naples'' was released in Italy on 7 August 1976, where it was distributed by Fida Cinematografica.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=200}}{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=201}} It had a domestic gross of 2,046,936,220 Italian lire.{{sfn|Curti|2013|p=201}} In the United Kingdom the film was released as '''''Death Dealers'''''. 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''.<ref name="mfb-review">{{cite magazine|magazine=Monthly Film Bulletin|title=Napoli Violenta (Death Dealers)|volume=44|issue=516|page=47|year=1977|publisher=British Film Institute|last=Markham|first=Peter}}</ref> The review found the film to be "lacklustre in style, without a trace of tension to its slam-bang action".<ref name="mfb-review" />
==See also == * List of Italian films of 1976
==Notes== {{reflist}}
===References=== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Curti|first=Roberto|title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786469765|year=2013}} {{Refend}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0074952}}
{{Commissioner Betti series}} {{Umberto Lenzi}} {{Fabrizio De Angelis}}
Category:Commissioner Betti Category:1976 films Category:1976 Italian-language films Category:1976 crime films Category:Poliziotteschi films Category:Films about the Camorra Category:Films set in Naples Category:Films directed by Umberto Lenzi Category:Films scored by Franco Micalizzi Category:1976 Italian films
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