Container of (work): Valachi papers (Motion picture) Container of (work): Stone killer (Motion picture) Container of (work): Breakout (Motion picture) Container of (work): Hard times (Motion picture : 1975)
Notes:
Title from container. The Valachi papers: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Joseph Wiseman. The stone killer: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam. Breakout: Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland. Hard times: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland. Films originally released as individual motion pictures between 1972 and 1975. Wide screen (1.85:1 & 2.35:1).
Contents:
The Valachi papers / Dino de Laurentis presents ; Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura and Terence Young film ; screenplay by Stephen Geller ; based on the book The Valachi papers by Peter Maas (126 min.) -- The stone killer / Columbia Pictures and Dino de Laurentis presents ; Charles Bronson in a Michael Winnner film ; from the book A complete state of death by John Gardner ; screenplay by Gerald Wilson ; produced and directed by Michael Winner (95 min.) -- Breakout / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler production ; screenplay by Howard B. Kreitsek, Marc Norman, Elliot Baker ; directed by Tom Tries (97 min.) -- Hard times / Columbia Pictures presents a Lawrence Gordon production ; story by Bryan Gindoff & Bruce Henstell ; screenplay by Walter Hill and Bryan Gindoff ; directed by Walter Hill (94 min.).
Summary:
The Valachi papers: Former mob "button man" Joe Valachi turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese has put a contract out on his life. From thievery add extortion to vengeance and murder, Valachi spills the innermost workings of the Cosa Nostra, culminating in his riveting testimony before a Senate subcommittee. The stone killer: Crime drama about a tough New York cop who discovers that a prohibition gangster is planning a massacre -- revenge for a forty-year-old shootout which introduced non-Sicilian elements to organized crime. Based on John Gardner's novel, A complete state of death. Breakout: Jay Wagner is framed for murder by his scheming grandfather. Unjustly convicted, he faces 28 hard years of confinement in a crowded Mexican prison. Wagner's wife turns to pilot Nick Colton and his partner Hawk to help him escape. Hard times: In the middle of the Great Depression, Chaney is just looking to catch a break. When he meets Speed, a promoter of bare-knuckle street fighting, Chaney thinks with his fighting skill he might have a chance. But Speed has his own problems, and what seemed like a sure thing is not as simple.
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