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Overview

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6.4/10   390 votes
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Writers:
Mel Barr (writer)
Sid Feder (book)
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Release Date:
14 October 1960 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
Tagline:
The Super-Corporation of Crime!
Plot:
Based on the true-life book of lawman Burton Turkus, this movie chronicles the rise and fall of the organized crime syndicate known as Murder... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
life in the underworld more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stuart Whitman ... Joey Collins
May Britt ... Eadie Collins
Henry Morgan ... Burton Turkus

Peter Falk ... Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles
David J. Stewart ... Louis 'Lepke' Bucholter
Simon Oakland ... Lt. Detective William Flaherty Tobin
Sarah Vaughan ... Nightclub Singer

Morey Amsterdam ... Walter Sage
Eli Mintz ... Joe Rosen
Joseph Bernard ... Mendy Weiss
Warren Finnerty ... Bug Workman
Vincent Gardenia ... Syndicate Lawyer Lazlo
Helen Waters ... Mrs. Rose Corsi
Leon B. Stevens ... Loughran
Howard Smith ... Albert Anastasia (as Howard I. Smith)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min | USA:99 min (FMC Library Print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1960) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
New York, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Diane Ladd's film debut. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Several times throughout the movie, the filmmakers apparently forgot that the setting of the drama was the 1930's (and early 1940's). From haircuts and clothing styles to the 1950's era hoodlums that Simon Oakland's character tangles with Rose's place, there are countless mistakes which reveal when the film was shot (vs. when the drama was supposed to take place). more
Quotes:
Abe "Kid Twist" Reles: I'm gonna tell you something about women. I never met one that didn't need a rap in the head, and often. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Broadway Danny Rose (1984) more
Soundtrack:
The Awakening more

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life in the underworld, 15 March 1999
9/10
Author: anonymous from jersey city, n.j.

one of the better gangster movies. peter falk is excellent as abe reles and a solid performance from vincent gardenia as his lawyer. "Murder Inc. gives a real account of the back stabbing that accompanies the underworld.

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