The Don Is Dead
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✎ Suggest a correctionFrank is the ambitious son of an organized-crime boss. After the death of his father, a mob war breaks out between two rival families. One is run by Don Angelo, but he does not get the support of the brothers, Tony and Vince, and must seek power through other means. He begins a romance with Frank's young and beautiful fiancee, Ruby, which sends Frank into a self-destructive rage.
Credits
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Written by
- Marvin Albert
- Cast
- Charles Cioffi, Anthony Quinn, Abe Vigoda, Robert Forster, Ina Balin, Joe Santos, Robert Carricart, Eric Lawson, Frank de Kova, Al Lettieri, Frederic Forrest, Dick Crockett, Victor Argo
- Produced by
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematography
- Richard H. Kline
- Music
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Edited by
- Edward A. Biery
Copyright
Registered 14Nov73 · LP43602 (Jan-Jun 1974) Copyright holder: Universal Pictures
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Northwestern University Collection
Cfa elements: 1,400 feet, 1/3; 1,300 feet, 2/3; 1,350 feet, 3/3
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18587; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18588; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18589
Cfa elements: 1,400 feet, 1/3; 1,300 feet, 2/3; 1,350 feet, 3/3
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18587; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18588; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/18589
Sources
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — title, year, creator, length, copyright
- Wikidata · Q3035710 ↗
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, format, catalog record
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