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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

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