Young Salvatore Giordano kills a Nazi soldier during the war. Exile gangster Johnny Colini grooms him, fakes his death, brings him to America, tasked with killing Colini's enemies, and told that he's the heir apparent. He takes the name Johnny Colini. Darien 'Dare' Guiness (Elizabeth Montgomery) notes that he's not Colini whose nickname is Johnny Cool (Henry Silva).
Everybody is trying to be cool and the fact is that most of these are cool actors. Now, Sammy may be trying too hard with the eye patch. That goes with the name. Johnny Cool is a cartoon name or it may be so on the nose that it becomes cool. I don't know. It's the karate chops. It's the jazzy music. It's the lackluster filmmaking. All of it leaves me feeling that it's fake cool. It runs out of steam and is no more than a B-movie.
Everybody is trying to be cool and the fact is that most of these are cool actors. Now, Sammy may be trying too hard with the eye patch. That goes with the name. Johnny Cool is a cartoon name or it may be so on the nose that it becomes cool. I don't know. It's the karate chops. It's the jazzy music. It's the lackluster filmmaking. All of it leaves me feeling that it's fake cool. It runs out of steam and is no more than a B-movie.