The Valachi Papers (1972)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 110m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Fred Valleca, Lino Ventura, Joseph Wiseman, Jill Ireland
Synopsis:
A Mafia soldier is a marked man in the same prison as his former boss: in exchange for protection he must play stoolie to the D.A.
Review:
A scenario built around betrayal is never an easy sell, and this continental production shot in New York by a British director unfortunately has all the chances of turning into a tone deaf, pale imitation of The Godfather. Throw in a miscast star and ghastly violence, and it is close to commercial cynicism.
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 110m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Fred Valleca, Lino Ventura, Joseph Wiseman, Jill Ireland
Synopsis:
A Mafia soldier is a marked man in the same prison as his former boss: in exchange for protection he must play stoolie to the D.A.
Review:
A scenario built around betrayal is never an easy sell, and this continental production shot in New York by a British director unfortunately has all the chances of turning into a tone deaf, pale imitation of The Godfather. Throw in a miscast star and ghastly violence, and it is close to commercial cynicism.
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 110m
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Fred Valleca, Lino Ventura, Joseph Wiseman, Jill Ireland
Synopsis:
A Mafia soldier is a marked man in the same prison as his former boss: in exchange for protection he must play stoolie to the D.A.
Review:
A scenario built around betrayal is never an easy sell, and this continental production shot in New York by a British director unfortunately has all the chances of turning into a tone deaf, pale imitation of The Godfather. Throw in a miscast star and ghastly violence, and it is close to commercial cynicism.