Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
- prison
- prohibition era
- mobster
- mafia
The bill
Charles Bronson
Joe Valachi
Lino Ventura
Vito Genovese
Jill Ireland
Maria Reina Valachi
Walter Chiari
Dominick Petrilli, aka "Gap"
- Joseph Wiseman — Salvatore Maranzano
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin — Ryan, federal agent
- Amedeo Nazzari — Gaetano Reina
- Fausto Tozzi — Albert Anastasia
- Pupella Maggio — Letizia Reina
- Angelo Infanti — Lucky Luciano
- Guido Leontini — Tony Bender
- María Baxa — Donna Petrillo
- Mario Pilar — Salierno
- Franco Borelli — Buster
- Alessandro Sperli — Giuseppe 'Joe the Boss' Masseria
- Directed
- Terence Young
- Written
- Stephen Geller
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 120 ratings
- Studio
- De Laurentiis Intermarco S.p.A., Euro-France Films
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