Basically, the film is the age-old theme of a struggle for power between two rival gangs, one led by Uncle Frank (Edmond O'Brien) and the other by Big Eddie (Bradford Dillman). Uncle Frank hires professional killer Harry Crown (Richard Harris), while Big Eddie sends for Marvin "Claw" Zuckerman (Chuck Connors).
People get shot, dynamited, beaten up and blown sky-high There's a whole bordello full of beautiful gir1s called "Dolly's Incorporated" and plenty of fighting between Harris and Connors
The mixture as before? Well, yes, except that Frankenheimer has tended to film this as a satire on gangsters
The gangster film has changed, because gangsters themselves have changed Al Capone is long dead The Godfather, Scarface, The Last Don, The Untouchables have taken his place Edward G. Robinson has gone and Cagney too
But the gangster film will continue. "Get this, pal it'll kill you." It sure will
People get shot, dynamited, beaten up and blown sky-high There's a whole bordello full of beautiful gir1s called "Dolly's Incorporated" and plenty of fighting between Harris and Connors
The mixture as before? Well, yes, except that Frankenheimer has tended to film this as a satire on gangsters
The gangster film has changed, because gangsters themselves have changed Al Capone is long dead The Godfather, Scarface, The Last Don, The Untouchables have taken his place Edward G. Robinson has gone and Cagney too
But the gangster film will continue. "Get this, pal it'll kill you." It sure will