# Violent Naples
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{{Infobox film
| name = Violent Naples
| image = Napoli-violenta.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name =
| director = [Umberto Lenzi](/source/Umberto_Lenzi)
| producer = [Fabrizio De Angelis](/source/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 =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [Maurizio Merli](/source/Maurizio_Merli)
* [John Saxon](/source/John_Saxon)
* [Barry Sullivan](/source/Barry_Sullivan_(actor))}}
| music = [Franco Micalizzi](/source/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[{{cite magazine|magazine=[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)|title=Napoli Violenta (Death Dealers)|volume=44|issue=516|page=47|year=1977|publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute)|last=Markham|first=Peter}}]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|1976|8|7|Italy}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Italy
| language =
| budget =
| gross = [₤](/source/Italian_lira)2.047 billion
}}
'''''Violent Naples''''' ({{langx|it|Napoli violenta}}) is a 1976 ''[poliziottesco](/source/poliziotteschi)'' film directed by [Umberto Lenzi](/source/Umberto_Lenzi). It starred [Maurizio Merli](/source/Maurizio_Merli), [John Saxon](/source/John_Saxon) and [Barry Sullivan](/source/Barry_Sullivan_(actor)), and was the first sequel to ''[Violent Rome](/source/Violent_Rome)'' and the second entry into the [''Commissioner Betti'' Trilogy](/source/Commissioner_Betti_Trilogy). Saxon appeared in several such movies.[{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=The Top Twelve Stages of Saxon|date=July 29, 2020}}]
==Plot==
Commissioner Betti ([Maurizio Merli](/source/Maurizio_Merli)) is transferred to [Naples](/source/Naples), receiving on his arrival a warm welcome from The Commandante ([Barry Sullivan](/source/Barry_Sullivan_(actor))), 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](/source/Maurizio_Merli) as Commissioner Betti
* [John Saxon](/source/John_Saxon) as Francesco Capuano
* [Barry Sullivan](/source/Barry_Sullivan_(actor)) as Camorra Boss 'O Generale
* [Elio Zamuto](/source/Elio_Zamuto) as Franco Casagrande
* [Silvano Tranquilli](/source/Silvano_Tranquilli) as Paolo Gervasi
* [Maria Grazia Spina](/source/Maria_Grazia_Spina) as Gervasi's wife
* [Guido Alberti](/source/Guido_Alberti) as Superintendent
* [Tom Felleghy](/source/Tom_Felleghy) as Commissioner in [Genoa](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Special_Cop_in_Action)'', the final film in the Commissioner Betti trilogy.
==Reception==
The ''[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)'' described the film as a "nasty, brutish and over-long escapade" that was plagiarizing ''[Dirty Harry](/source/Dirty_Harry)''.[{{cite magazine|magazine=[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)|title=Napoli Violenta (Death Dealers)|volume=44|issue=516|page=47|year=1977|publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute)|last=Markham|first=Peter}}] The review found the film to be "lacklustre in style, without a trace of tension to its slam-bang action".