Italia a mano armata

1976
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

601

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Action Crime Thriller

A crime syndicate starts a crime wave in Turin, they rob a bank, taking a hostage to get away from Police Inspector Betti and Ferrari, his partner. However, the hostage turned out to be thei... Read allA crime syndicate starts a crime wave in Turin, they rob a bank, taking a hostage to get away from Police Inspector Betti and Ferrari, his partner. However, the hostage turned out to be their accomplice in disguise.A crime syndicate starts a crime wave in Turin, they rob a bank, taking a hostage to get away from Police Inspector Betti and Ferrari, his partner. However, the hostage turned out to be their accomplice in disguise.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

601

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Final part of police commissioner Betti's trilogy, also including Roma violenta (1975) and Napoli violenta (1976).

Goofs
When commissioner Betti is sitting in his bureau in the police headquarters of Turin. the map on the wall represents the city of Milan.

Connections
Edited into La tua vita per mio figlio (1980)

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Featured review

8/10

Violent Milan

It's all happening in this one, great opening theme music backed up by plenty of nasty 1970s action from the get go. Poor man's Franco Nero, bottle blond Maurizio Merli, has his hands full before the opening credits finish rolling, with not only a violent bank robbery but also a mass kidnapping of children on their way to school. Later there are a couple of the best car chases I've seen in a "Poliziotteschi" movie, as well as the obligatory rape scene, and a particularly graphic "dragged behind a car" execution. All this and a surprise ending thrown in for good measure, what more could you ask?