Special Cop in Action

Special Cop in Action
Directed by	Marino Girolami
Screenplay by	Vincenzo Mannino Gianfranco Clerici Leila Buongiorno[1]
Story by	Vincenzo Mannino[1]
Starring	Maurizio Merli Raymond Pellegrin John Saxon
Cinematography	Fausto Zuccoli[1]
Edited by	Vincenzo Tomassi[1]
Music by	Franco Micalizzi[1]
Production company	New Film Production[1]
Distributed by	Fida
Release date	27 November 1976 (1976-11-27) (Italy)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]

Special Cop in Action (Italian: Italia a mano armata, lit. 'Italy at gunpoint') is a 1976 Italian poliziottesco film directed by Marino Girolami, here credited as Franco Martinelli.^[2] The film is the final chapter in the Girolami's Commissioner Betti Trilogy, after Violent Rome and Violent Naples, though a spin-off in the series entitled Weapons of Death would be released the following year.

The main theme of the film was used in the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.^[3]