Product: The Valachi Papers (1972)
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CHARLES BRONSON ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVOURITES FOR MANY YEARS AND SADLY NO LONGER WITH US STARS IN THIS DRAMATIC MOVIE FROM THE 70S.IT CHARTS THE RISE OF JOE VALACHI FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS A CHAUFFEUR IN THE ITALIAN MAFIA TO BECOMING AN INFORMANT TO THE F.B.I. ON THE SHADY OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MAFIA.THE PRISON HE BECOMES INCARCERATED IN TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE AGREES TO LESSEN HIS SENTENCE FOR THE DETAILS OF HOW THE MAFIA CONDUCTED THEIR OPERATIONS.THIS IS BRONSON AT HIS BEST DISPLAYING VIOLENCE AND A TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ATTITUDE-HE IS WELL SUITED TO THIS TYPE OF ROLE AS A CHARACTER WHO OPERATES OUTSIDE THE LAW SIMILAR TO THE PART HE PLAYS IN THE MECHANIC.SO A MUST SEE MOVIE AND THIS REGION 1 PRINT IS EXCELLENT WITH GOOD SOUND AND A MUCH BETTER PROPOSITION THAN THE CLOUDY PRINT ON A FORMER H.M.V.DISC WHICH I RETURNED AS UNSUITABLE.IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY TAKEN FROM A V.H.S.TAPE!NO PROBLEMS WITH THE REGION 1 D.V.D.INCIDENTALLY BRONSON STRUGGLED FOR MANY YEARS TO GAIN RECOGNITION IN THE U.S.A. AS AN ACTOR AND FROM READING HIS BIOGRAPHY HE WAS DEFINITELY HIGHLY RESPECTED ALL OVER EUROPE AND REGARDED AS A CO-OPERATIVE ACTOR BY ALL THE DIRECTORS HE WORKED WITH.HIS PRESENCE ON THE CONTINENT IN FILMS EARNED HIM MORE MONEY THAN IN THE STATES FOR MANY YEARS WHICH IS IRONIC.WHY DOES IT TAKE SOME ACTORS SO MANY YEARS TO BECOME RECOGNISED IN THEIR HOMELAND? THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO CLINT EASTWOOD-HE HAD TO ACT WITH ITALIAN DIRECTOR SERGIO LEONE TO BECOME KNOWN IN THE STATES.