The Valachi Papers

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

• reference to al capone
• reference to benito mussolini
• reference to franklin d. roosevelt
• reference to julius caesar
• robert f. kennedy quotation