Murder, Inc.
Based on the shocking, true story of a criminal gang who terrorized Brooklyn for years, and featuring excellent performances by a fine cast including Peter Falk in an Oscar®-nominated early role Murder, Inc. delivers its terrifying tale of corruption run amok with riveting intensity!
In the violent burroughs of the 1930s New York, gangs spawned by Prohibition have found new work?as racketeers and contract killers! The most vicious of these is Murder, Inc., the merciless Brownsville, Brooklyn syndicate. As their reign of terror spreads, only one cop (Henry Morgan) has the nerve to methodically track them down, determined to destroy them by any means necessary!
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Excellent Gangster Movie - newdaysof
The movie was much better than I expected and holds up very well after all these years. Based on true events, it depicts the day-to-day lives of a ring of mobsters and hitmen and their reign of terror in 1930's Brooklyn.
And the worst of the worst is our very own Peter Falk (Columbo)! His performance is great especially since it was his first movie role, for which he got nominated for an Oscar. He plays an evil, ruthless and cold-blooded murderer, and he really brings the character to life with his great acting skills. The other actors are all superb, the dialogue excellent and the script is great. The directing, camerawork, lighting and even the soundtrack is great. The whole movie is sort of a timecapsule of a certain era with many great street scenes which show the gritty, dirty and nasty side of 1930's NYC.Educative, wide-screen is very nice - Porkchop
Murder, Inc. (1960) is worth renting as a DVD, for the simple reason that
it shows the ugliness of murder, rubouts, contract killings in a Post-Prohibition
era, during which various gangs cooperated in a national syndicate, for profit
maximization as opposed to rival gangs competing for the same turf.
In fact, the gangs now prefer taking the low key approach, staying off the radar screen of
law enforcement. The biggest profit generators the movies suggests, are shakedowns of the
management of a company, by micromanaging the labor unions and their ability to strike and
hold the company hostage for a large pay increase unless the underworld is used to mitigate
the union's greed, or so they say. Another one, is the protection money required
fromshopkeepers, under the risk of retaliation and complete destruction of their livelihood
( of the actual productive assets and inventory) should they refuse and resist payment.
This work is completely non-glossy in terms of a film, as it shows the underbelly of crime,
and the actual implications of taking part in the underworld, once the gang draws the
attention of law enforcement and the top bosses rub out their own helping hands, to avoid
being connected with the dastardly deeds they ordered be carried out.
One of the few artistic merits of their work, is the clarity, sharpness and good editing
coupled with the great wide-screen release, while the story itself (the script) is mixed
with a sentimental love story (perhaps not grounded in reality) to keep viewers interested
despite the hard hitting facts. Clearly, this movie was intended as an "educational tool"
by the police, to discourage crime and enlighten youth from partaking in profit generating
but illegal behavior.
Centered in Brooklyn, NY in the 1930's, the film is modern except for the telephones, and
automobiles sh
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Excellent Gangster Movie - newdaysof
The movie was much better than I expected and holds up very well after all these years. Based on true events, it depicts the day-to-day lives of a ring of mobsters and hitmen and their reign of terror in 1930's Brooklyn.
And the worst of the worst is ...Educative, wide-screen is very nice - Porkchop
Murder, Inc. (1960) is worth renting as a DVD, for the simple reason that
it shows the ugliness of murder, rubouts, contract killings in a Post-Prohibition
era, during which various gangs cooperated in a national syndicate, for profit
maximization ...