The Valachi Papers , or The Valachi Memoirs , is a detective film by Terence Young , filmed in 1972 . It is based on a book by Peter Mas that tells the story of Joe Valachi , the first member of the Mafia who openly acknowledged its existence in the 1960s .
| Valachi Papers | |
|---|---|
| The valachi papers | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Terence Young |
| Producer | Dino De Laurentis |
| Author script | |
| In the main cast | Charles Bronson Jill island Lino Ventura |
| Operator | |
| Composer | Ritz Ortolani |
| Film company | Columbia pictures |
| Duration | 125 minutes |
| A country |  Italy  France |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1972 |
| IMDb | ID 0068341 |
Story
The film takes place in Atlanta , where the aging prisoner Joseph Valachi is serving a term for smuggling heroin . One of the mafia bosses Vito Genovese is in the same cell. Genovese is sure that Valachi is a double agent , so he gives him the “kiss of death”.
Cast
- Charles Bronson - Joe Valachi
- Guido Leontini - Tony Bender
- Lino Ventura - Vito Genovese
- Joseph Wiseman - Salvatore Maranzano
- Fausto Tozzi - Albert Anastasia
- Angelo Infanti - Lucky Luciano
- Alessandro Sperley - Joe Masseria
See also
- The television series " Clan Soprano " - in one of the series (season 5, episode 11) appears the book of Mas .
Links
- " Valachi Papers ” on the Internet Movie Database