Amedeo Nazzari, Angelo Infanti, Charles Bronson
Based on Peter Maas's best-selling account of Joseph Valachi's prison confessions and Senate testimony, this fascinating Mafia exposé was forced to film abroad in Italy, bowing to pressure from u...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
Stats: 30 reviews
As a mob history lesson, The Valachi Papers gets a B minus, as a film it rates a solid C. The characters, especially the Italians, are reduced to thin characterizations. At times, its as though the Super Mario Brothers are recreating scenes from The Godfather or <...( read more)
Mob flix that was probably overshadowed by The Godfather. Bronson's aging takes a bit of getting used to.
Classic Charles Bronson. It doesn't get any better than this. In other words,don't fuck with Chuck.
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