The Valachi Papers

Based On the book by Peter Maas

The Valachi Papers is a 1972 biographical crime film directed by Terence Young, which tells the story of Joseph Valachi, an American Mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first ever mafioso to acknowledge the organization's existence. The film stars Charles Bronson as Valachi and Lino Ventura as Vito Genovese, along with Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, and Gerald S. O'Loughlin. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller. The film was an international co-production between Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis and French company Euro-France Films.

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Release date:

July 21, 1972

Director:

Terence Young

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman

Genre:

Crime

Country:

France, Italy

Language:

English

Year page:

1972 in adaptations