Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
Acting
Merli's death-stare could stop traffic on the Autostrada.
Stunts
Genuine car destruction before CGI made cowards of us all.
Direction
Lenzi's Naples is a garbage-strewn character unto itself.
Director
Umberto Lenzi
Maurizio Merli
Il commissario Betti
John Saxon
Francesco Capuano
Barry Sullivan
'O' Generale
Elio Zamuto
Franco Casagrande
Ivana Novak
Undercover Cop
Maria Grazia Spina
Gervasi's Wife
Silvano Tranquilli
Paolo Gervasi
Attilio Duse
Antinori
Guido Alberti
Il questore
Pino Ferrara
Don Peppino - il proprietario del garage
Enrico Maisto
Poli, the Commandante's Bodyguard
Tommaso Palladino
Head Racketeer
Carlo Gaddi
Brigadiere Silvestri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Poliziottesco exploded after real 1970s Italian terrorism; audiences craved fictional cops who 'fixed' what institutions couldn't.
Merli allegedly did his own driving stunts until producers saw insurance premiums. The ferry sequence nearly drowned a cameraman.
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