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The Don Is Dead is a 1973 American crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, and Marvin H. Albert, adapted from Albert's novel of the same name. It stars Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, and Angel Tompkins.
It was released by Universal Pictures on November 14, 1973, and received mixed reviews.
Plot
Frank is the ambitious son of an organized-crime boss. He plans a heroin deal with the help of Tony Fargo and his brother Vince. But when a gangland snitch secretly tips off the cops, Frank's drug deal results in a violent gun battle. In the end, Frank and the Fargos survive. Later, on discovering who set them up, Frank learns of the death of his powerful father, caused by a stroke. A meeting is thus called among the various mob families to select a new don. There, it is decided that Frank, still too young to take over for his dead father, will instead learn the business under the wing of his dad's lifelong friend, Don Angelo. In doing so, Angelo becomes a sort of Lord Protector to the future mob boss, Frank.
Unfortunately, Don Angelo begins an illicit romance with Frank's young and beautiful fiancée, named Ruby. This sends the hot-tempered Frank into a self-destructive rage. He beats up Ruby so badly she has to be hospitalized. She informs Don Angelo, who swears vengeance against Frank. Miraculously, Frank survives the attempt on his life. But the incident causes everyone to choose sides, and a bloody, all-out war is waged in the streets.
Cast
Anthony Quinn as Don Angelo DiMorra
Frederic Forrest as Tony Fargo
Robert Forster as Frank Regalbuto
Al Lettieri as Vince Fargo
Angel Tompkins as Ruby Dunne
Charles Cioffi as Luigi Orlando
Barry Russo as Don Aggimio Bernardo
Louis Zorich as Mitch DiMorra
Ina Balin as Nella
Joe Santos as Joe Lucci
Frank DeKova as Giunta
Abe Vigoda as Don Talusso
Victor Argo as Augie the Horse
Val Bisoglio as Pete Lazatti
Robert Carricart as Mike Spada
Sid Haig as The Arab
Vic Tayback as Ralph Negri
Reception
A.H. Weiler of The New York Times was positive: "Expertise, if not imagination, is evident in the explosive, action-oriented direction of Richard Fleischer... The Don Is Dead has the attributes of some lively, pithily accented performances that are adult and effectively natural. Among these are Forrest, as the brainly hood who attempts to escape the racket, but winds up a don, Al Lettieri, as his roughhewn, dependent, ill-fated brother, and Forster, as the rising, vengeful muscleman who is eventually cut down.
As the embattled don who is finally felled by a stroke, not a gun, Quinn is moodily menacing and as polished and relaxed as a professional long familiar with this sort of role."
References
External links
The Don Is Dead at IMDb
The Don Is Dead at the TCM Movie Database
The Don Is Dead at Letterboxd
The Don Is Dead at Rotten Tomatoes