This is quite a little film. Richard Conte (Magellan)is very strong as is Broderick Crawford(Lupo) in a story about organized crime. The Syndicate is a nationwide organization that is run much like a big corporation, the people are expendable so that business can go on. The cast is very powerful with Marilyn Maxwell and Anne Bancroft in solid supporting roles.
There is no mercy here for anyone, just like a large corporation. Charlie Lupo (Crawford) is the big man who has to keep things in order for everybody. His daughter (Bancroft) does not like his business and wants to break away. His girlfriend is a kept woman who wants to desperately seduce Magellan (Conte) because she senses he is stronger than Charlie for the long run. Charlies daughter (Bancroft) also desperately needs to seduce him.
In the end, neither girl gets what they want (though it is possible that Maxwell has the keys to his safe deposit box at the end of the movie.) That along with some characters are loose ends in this one. Done on a shoe string through an independent studio this cast makes this movie better than it should be.
Spoiler - this one is good because in the end, there are no winners, except the Syndicate. Like any good major corporation, they have covered their tracks and gotten away despite all the problems. The syndicate covers it's but, and all the main characters in the movie have been hit.
There is no mercy here for anyone, just like a large corporation. Charlie Lupo (Crawford) is the big man who has to keep things in order for everybody. His daughter (Bancroft) does not like his business and wants to break away. His girlfriend is a kept woman who wants to desperately seduce Magellan (Conte) because she senses he is stronger than Charlie for the long run. Charlies daughter (Bancroft) also desperately needs to seduce him.
In the end, neither girl gets what they want (though it is possible that Maxwell has the keys to his safe deposit box at the end of the movie.) That along with some characters are loose ends in this one. Done on a shoe string through an independent studio this cast makes this movie better than it should be.
Spoiler - this one is good because in the end, there are no winners, except the Syndicate. Like any good major corporation, they have covered their tracks and gotten away despite all the problems. The syndicate covers it's but, and all the main characters in the movie have been hit.