Commissioner Betti Trilogy
| Commissioner Betti Trilogy | |
|---|---|
| File:Roma violenta Merli 01.png Maurizio Merli as Commissioner Betti | |
| Directed by | Marino Girolami, Umberto Lenzi, Mario Caiano |
| Starring | Maurizio Merli |
Release date | 1975-1977 |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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The Commissioner Betti Trilogy, also known as the Inspector Betti Trilogy, is an Italian action-Poliziotteschi series of three popular mainline films and a spin-off. The series started in 1975 with Violent Rome and continued with two direct sequels before ending with the spin-off Weapons of Death in 1977. All three mainline films in the trilogy star Maurizio Merli as Commissioner Betti[1].Template:Time missing
Commissioner Betti was the breakout role for Italian actor Maurizio Merli.[1] Italian actor Franco Nero, star of popular Poliziotteschi films such as High Crime and Street Law, claims in the documentary Django: The One and Only that Maurizio Merli was only hired as he looked like him.[2] Template:Time missing . Merli would become typecast and spent most of his career playing the same type of character in other Poliziotteschi films, including entries into the Tanzi/Moretto/Monnezza shared universe.[citation needed]
Films
| Film | Release Date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Rome | August 13, 1975 | Marino Girolami | Vincenzo Mannino | Edmondo Amati, Maurizio Amati |
| Violent Naples | August 7, 1976 | Umberto Lenzi | Vincenzo Mannino | Fabrizio De Angelis |
| A Special Cop in Action | November 27, 1976 | Marino Girolami | Vincenzo Mannino, Gianfranco Clerici, Leila Buongiorno | Edmondo Amati, Maurizio Amati |
| Weapons of Death (Spin-off) | February 22, 1977 | Mario Caiano | Vincenzo Mannino, Gianfranco Clerici | Edmondo Amati, Maurizio Amati |
Cast and characters
| Character | Mainline Series | Spin-off | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Rome | Violent Naples | A Special Cop in Action | Weapons of Death | ||
| 1975 | 1976 | 1976 | 1977 | ||
| Commissioner Betti | Maurizio Merli | ||||
| Maresciallo Antinori | Attilio Duse | ||||
| Sartori | Richard Conte | ||||
| Gennario | Massimo Deda | Massimo Deda | |||
| Francesco Capuano | John Saxon | ||||
| Albertelli | John Saxon | ||||
| Commissioner Belli | Leonard Mann | ||||
References
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