Crazy Joe (film)

Crazy Joe is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It is based on the real life events of Joseph Gallo, a mobster member of the Colombo crime family. The film stars Peter Boyle in the title role, with Fred Williamson, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, and Paula Prentiss.

Joe and Richie are offended when their boss, Falco, doesnt even invite them into his home, then pays them just 100 each for the job. They crash through the gates of his stately lakeside mansion and take Falcos brother and others prisoner. It is left up to the head of all New York crime families, Don Vittorio, to settle the dispute. Falco agrees to reward Joe and Richie in the future, then doublecrosses them, his thugs nearly strangling Richie to death before burying Jelly in cement.Coletti, who also betrayed Joe and Richie, takes over Falcos operations after the terminally ill Falco dies inside an iron lung. Richie is also ill, suffering from a stomach ailment. His brother Crazy Joe is set up, cops catching him redhanded as he tries to extort a merchant. Joe is sent to prison, where he befriends Willy, a black inmate, and helps Willy instigate a prison riot over the prisons unjust conditions. Joe is glad to have a new ally, particularly with the terminally ill Richie committing suicide by driving a car off a cliff. ........

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