Misleadingly released in the US as
Cauldron of Death, which suggested a horror film rather than the crime picture it actually is, this downbeat tale of vengeance stars an international cast toplined by noir icon Robert Mitchum's son Christopher, US character actor Arthur Kennedy and Euro-babe Barbara Bouchet.
Fresh off a two-year jail hitch on trumped-up charges, Ricco (Mitchum) -- the son of murdered mob boss Gaspare Aversi (Luis Induni) -- just wants to have a life like his pregnant sister Concetta (Paola Senatore), who's contentedly running a modest roadside hotel with her husband (Luigi Antonio Guerra). But Ricco's mother (Rina Franchetti) is comm...
Released:
1973
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins