The Brotherhood
The Brotherhood is a 1968 Technicolor mafia crime film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The script was by Lewis John Carlino. Released by Paramount Pictures, while the film received mixed to positive reviews, the film bombed at the box office, with Paramount deciding not to produce another gangster film until it made The Godfather four years later.
Plot
A young American man arrives in Palermo by plane. A taxi driver at the airport immediately gets word to Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas), who hides, armed with a gun, until he realizes that the visitor he's been warned about is actually his younger brother Vinnie (Alex Cord).
More details
| author | Lewis John Carlino |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Sicily |
| director | Martin Ritt |
| editor | Frank Bracht |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | alan hewitt begin code of honor force homecoming kill made man mafia family mafioso military service new deal old times organized crime palermo stool pigeon strike taxi driver want warn wed |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
| productionCompany | The Brotherhood Company |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | gangster |