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1 July 1949 (USA) morePlot:
Max Monetti is consumed with vengeance against his brothers after their betrayal of his father Gino... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Smoothly crafted studio product. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Edward G. Robinson | ... | Gino Monetti |
 | Susan Hayward | ... | Irene Bennett |
 | Richard Conte | ... | Max Monetti |
| Luther Adler | ... | Joe Monetti |
| Paul Valentine | ... | Pietro Monetti |
 | Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ... | Tony Monetti |
| Debra Paget | ... | Maria Domenico |
| Hope Emerson | ... | Helena Domenico |
| Esther Minciotti | ... | Theresa Monetti |
| Diana Douglas | ... | Elaine Monetti |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Lucca |
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This is one of those well-crafted films from Twentieth-Century Fox when that studio employed some extraordinary talents both before and behind the cameras. Although he wasn't a Fox contractee, Edward G. Robinson gives a great performance as a wealthy Italian family's patriarch and he is well-matched by everyone else in the cast, especially Richard Conte, Luther Adler, and Susan Hayward, looking terrifically classy. The script bears some obvious signs of being polished by the director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and the technical credits are absolutely top-drawer.
Remade as a Western in CinemaScope and Color by DeLuxe in 1954, entitled "Broken Lance" with Spencer Tracy cast as the domineering father, the direction by Edward Dmytryk was not up to the standard of this earlier film with its then contemporary setting. This one is available on video (and seems to be very rarely exhumed on TV now) and is definitely worth a look.