An NBC made-for-TV movie with all the earmarks of a pilot for a series about the complicated personal and professional lives of attoneys working for the Justice Department, this sober crime drama crams serveral movies' worth of plot into its 96-minute running time. The main story involves low-level crook Frank Romeo (Richard Castellano), who gets a phone call from his more accomplished brother, mob foot-soldier Vinnie (Tony Giorgio), just before Vinnie is murdered. Vinnie orders Frank to tell attorney Peter Gallagher (David Canary) all about Vinnie's work for big-time organized crime figure Dominic Leopold (silent-film star Gilbert Roland), which Vinnie has carefully...
Released:
1973
Rated:
NR
Length:
96 mins