Cosa Nostra - arch enemy of the FBI

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Movie
German title Cosa Nostra - arch enemy of the FBI
Original title Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1967
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Don Medford
script Norman Jolley
production Charles Larson
music Bronislaw Kaper
camera Robert C. Moreno
cut Marston Fay ,
Thomas Neff
occupation

Cosa Nostra - Arch Enemy of the FBI (Original title: Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI ) is an American drama from 1967 directed by Don Medford . The script was written by Norman Jolley . The lead roles are starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. , Philip Abbott , Walter Pidgeon and Telly Savalas . The film premiered in 1967 on American television. In the Federal Republic of Germany it was first seen in the cinema on September 22, 1967.

action

Leo Roland, one of the leaders of the American Cosa Nostra , stands as a witness in a fraud trial. He refuses to testify. But a hairdresser who knows about the affair can be dangerous to him. Therefore the governing body of the Cosa Nostra decided to have the man eliminated. Paul, the adopted son of Ed Clementi, another Cosa Nostra boss, code name "Amor", takes on this murder assignment, as he has so often before, and kills the confidante with two shots in the heart.

Now the FBI, under the direction of Lewis Erskine , intervenes and uses the most modern technical means to track it down. A killer is arrested and confesses a name during interrogation: Ed Clementi! This is now to be "done" by Paul Clementi on Leo Roland's orders for 50,000 dollars. A fatal confrontation then breaks out in a winter resort in Pennsylvania . Leo Roland appears with Paul Clementi because Paul intends to move to Europe after completing his assignment and Chris, Leo's daughter, intends to take him with him as his wife. The FBI has also been able to follow the trail of "Amor" to this point. Paul cannot shoot his adoptive parents at the last second and kills their father - warned by a shout from Chris. He is then struck down by FBI officers. Ed Clementi leaves the place with a nervous patient.

Reviews

The Protestant Film Observer summarizes his criticism as follows: “A semi-documentary, exciting film against the Italian-American criminal organization Cosa Nostra [...]. It clearly shows the almost hopeless fight of the FBI against the organized gangsters. [...] An unmasking, somewhat pessimistic flick about an endless fight. From the age of 16 without hesitation. ”The lexicon of international film calls the film“ exciting entertainment ”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Critique No. 436/1967, pp. 548-549.
  2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 576.