this movie be bore . plain boring and nothing else . and i have a great tolerance of movie that most people find boring . i still wonder what i just watch . be it a documentary . most gangster film be pretty slow and but this one be more than that . all action happen in 15 minute and then . nothing . it like there be no editor and or that the material be shoot for some kind of documentary . gian maria volontè play his role very good . rod steiger be nice and but doesn not get enough time to be as great a he usually be . the rest of the cast be ok and not a problem here . gangster look like gangster and cop look like cop and the dame be plenty . for some seven year now i have be collect gangster film and read book about the subject and even collect news article about the mafia and such . most of what i saw in this film be not new for me . luciano be famous and be nothing short of legend these day . when he move out of the u and he kind of get into the darkness . when this film drag on and i saw some potential story come by and but all just pass and go on . so nothing happen until the end where that thing happen that everyone that ever read a book about the mafia know that happen . the soundtrack doesn not help . piero piccioni can not even live up to his usual clone morricone music and seem only to have write about 7 minute of music . the dvd i get be a uk version without any subtitle . i can watch english speak film without much trouble and but half of this be in italian and so beware . at first i fear this would have be a action movie disguise a a gangster film and but even that wasn not true . it be slow and all that . of course and i never think i be go to watch a true classic and but i almost felt asleep . still and i can not give it less than a 4. gian maria volontè and rod steiger together in a film and and the set be good enough . the production itself felt okay . so maybe they should have fire the writer and maybe the editor . it could have be so much more .