The Brotherhood (1968 film)
The Brotherhood is a 1968 Technicolor crime drama film, directed by Martin Ritt. It stars, veteran of Film noir, Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord, and Luther Adler. The script was by Lewis John Carlino. Released by Paramount Pictures, the film bombed at the box office, with Paramount deciding not to do another gangster film until it made The Godfather four years later.
Frank happily welcomes his brother and takes him home, catching up on old times. But his wife, Ida Irene Papas, reminds him that theyre going to send someone, suggesting that perhaps Vinnie is the one.In a flashback, Frank recalls better times in New York, beginning with Vinnies homecoming from military service and subsequent marriage to Emma Bertolo. The father of the bride, Susan Strasberg, Dominic Bertolo is a Mafia don, as is the grooms brother, Frank. And among those paying their respects as guests at the wedding are mob leaders like Egan Murray Hamilton, Rotherman Val Avery and Levin Alan Hewitt, who are the equals of Frank and Dominick Luther Adler in the New York regions organized crime. ........
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