The Valachi Papers (1972)
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Directors
Terence Young
Cast
Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman
The story
Joseph Valachi is an aging prisoner in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, who was imprisoned for smuggling heroin. The boss of his crime family, Vito Genovese, is imprisoned there as well. Genovese is certain that Valachi is an informant, and gives him the "kiss of death," whereupon Valachi kisses him back.
Genres
Crime, Drama, crime film
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