Murder, Inc. (1960)
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51% of users liked it
(441 ratings)
This true crime story was hardly "ripped from today's headlines," since the events took place some 20 to 30 years before the movie was released. Still, Murder, Inc. is not afraid to name names, notably those of syndicate boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (David J. Stewart) and… More This true crime story was hardly "ripped from today's headlines," since the events took place some 20 to 30 years before the movie was released. Still, Murder, Inc. is not afraid to name names, notably those of syndicate boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (David J. Stewart) and killer Abe Reles (Peter Falk), who squeals on the Mob to earn immunity. The activities of Buchalter's murder-for-hire operation are played against a fictional story about a nightclub singer (Stuart Whitman) and a dancer (May Britt). Murder, Inc. has a queasy, unsettling quality, due in part to some offbeat casting: TV comedian Henry Morgan co-stars as a dead-serious federal agent, while "human joke machine" Morey Amsterdam shows up as a cabaret entertainer who is stabbed by the Mob. The film was a major boost for the career of Peter Falk, who very nearly managed to parlay his Murder, Inc. supporting role into an Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
- Written By
- Mel Barr, Sid Feder
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 28, 1960 Limited
- On DVD
- May 23, 2006
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Felix Gonzalez Jr., DVD Review
... the film mixes hard facts and Hollywood romanticism to create an entertaining, if somewhat trifling, piece of violent fluff.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The best thing about the film was Falk's tough-guy performance.
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Cast
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Stuart Whitman
as Joey Collins
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May Britt
as Eadie Collins
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Henry Morgan
as Burton Turkus
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Peter Falk
as Abe Reles
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Sarah Vaughan
as Herself
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Simon Oakland
as Detective Tobin
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David J. Stewart
as Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
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Joseph E. Bernard
as Mendy Weiss
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Eli Mintz
as Joe Rosen
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Vincent Gardenia
as Lawyer Laslo
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Josip Elic
as Alpert
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Helen Waters
as Mrs. Corsi
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Lou Polan
as Louis
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Howard I. Smith
as Albert Anastasia
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Joseph Campanella
as Panto
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Leon B. Stevens
as Loughran
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Dorothy Stinnette
as ShawBetty
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Sylvia Miles
as Sadie
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Seymour Cassel
as Teenagers
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David Kerman
as 1st Detective
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Harold Gary
as Sal
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Peter Gumeny
as Policeman
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Morey Amsterdam
as Walter Sage
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Warren Finnerty
as Bug
