The Valachi Papers

IMDb link: 0068341
IMDb rating: 6.4 (5,073 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Lino Ventura, Walter Chiari and others

Release date: 7 Dec 1972
Release year: 1972
Runtime: 125 minutes
Country: Italy, France
Keywords: robert f. kennedy quotation, reference to al capone, reference to julius caesar, reference to benito mussolini, reference to franklin d. roosevelt, mobster, three word title, prison yard, car chase, robbery

Plot:

The gangster Joseph "Joe" Valachi has worked for the Mafia for more than thirty years in New York. When he has been imprisoned for fifteen years, he learns that the mobster Don Vito Genovese is offering a reward for his life. Without any alternative other than stay in the solitaire, he accepts the DA offer of protection. In return, he has to disclose the secrets of the Cosa Nostra.

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