Classic American film noire
Edward G. Robinson does an excellent job playing Gino Monetti, the strong head of an Italian banking family, right down to the accent. Richard Conte is the favorite son Max, a successful lawyer with questionable ethics. Max is engaged to Maria (played by a very young Deborah Paget), but doesn't hide his affair with a beautiful socialite (Susan Hayward). Max goes to prison for jury tampering during his father's bank fraud trial and his brothers take advantage of his absence by taking over the bank, all the while dreading what Max will do to vindicate their father when he gets out. Great street scenes of Little Italy in the 1940's. If you like this era of American cinema you'll really enjoy this story of greed, wealth and family revenge.
