Uninspired attempt to cash in on what they thought would be a new gangster cycle after the success of THE GODFATHER. Marvin H. Albert is a fine novelist whose work has been adapted into several movies, some by him (TONY ROME, etc.), and he's even adapted other novelists' work (TWIST OF
SAND) to good advantage. But his own screenplay of his excellent novel falls apart here under the heavy hand of Fleischer. Forrest and Forster are accepting delivery of a heroin cache when gunmen burst in, guns blazing. Lettieri has been hidden, just as a precaution, and he gets the drop on the
intruders and guns them down. But their presence indicates there has been a leak in their ...
Released:
1973
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins