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Such a one is the film under consideration -- a Mafia comedy. Already the mind contracts with diminished expectations! Non-Italian actors gesturing rambunctiously, speaking with cotton candy in their mouths, plotting elaborate revenge with dim-bulbed resources. Cast Peter Falk as Dino Capisco, a dapper ) don just sprung from Sing Sing. Give him a score to settle with his weaselly partner Carmine Tarantino (Michael V. Gazzo) and a slick, Rudolph Giuliani- style D.A. (Bob Gunton) with an eye to nailing Dino's hide on the front page. Saddle him with a dog-stealing wife (Brenda Vaccaro) and a devoted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Came The Don | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

Next morning, beside himself, he finds the blonde-with a wedding ring on her finger. He has not only had his cake, he has married her too. Some joke, he begins bravely. How would she like a divorce? The blonde smiles agreeably and noncommittally shrugs: 'Non capisco." She no spek Engleesh. He non parla Italiano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Homicidal Bash | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

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