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The Valachi Papers is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Terence Young released in USA on 3 november 1972 with Charles Bronson
The Valachi Papers (1972)
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Add to a movie listThe Valachi Papers is a 1972 crime movie starring Charles Bronson and Lino Ventura and directed by Terence Young. Adapted from the book The Valachi Papers (1969) by Peter Maas, it tells the true story of Joseph Valachi, a Mafia informant in the early 1960s. The film was produced in Italy, with many scenes dubbed into English.
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The movie begins in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where an aging prisoner named Joseph Valachi (Charles Bronson) is imprisoned for smuggling heroin. The boss of his crime family, Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), is imprisoned there as well. Genovese is certain that Valachi is an informant, and gives him the "kiss of death." Valachi kisses him back.Actors
Charles Bronson
(Joe Valachi)
Lino Ventura
(Vito Genovese)
Jill Ireland
(Maria Reina Valachi)
Walter Chiari
(Dominick Petrilli, aka "Gap")
Joseph Wiseman
(Salvatore Maranzano)
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