Confessions of a Lady Cop (La poliziotta fa carriera)

In 1976 Michele Massimo Tarantini made the Italian erotic comedy Confessions of a Lady Cop (original title La poliziotta fa carriera; in Turkey Erkekten de Beter). Running about 82 minutes, it is an example of the commedia sexy all'italiana and was written by Francesco Milizia together with Tarantini. It counts as an unofficial sequel to Steno's La poliziotta: sex and nudity are handled more openly, and farce takes the place of seriousness. It also parodies the hard-edged Italian crime wave known as poliziottesco.

Edwige Fenech stars as policewoman Gianna Amicucchi. The first film, made in 1974, had Mariangela Melato in the lead; Fenech took over the part from this one onward. The cast also includes Mario Carotenuto, Alvaro Vitali, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Gino Pagnani, Michele Gammino, Gastone Pescucci and Nello Pazzafini.

The film grew into a series with two sequels directed by Tarantini and again starring Fenech: La poliziotta della squadra del buon costume (1979) and La poliziotta a New York (1981). Some sources count a trilogy, others a four-film run including the first film. Reviewers have called the cycle an Italian forerunner of the Police Academy films. In Germany the film is known as Politess im Sitten-Stress, in France as La Flic chez les poulets.