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  • Actors: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Lino Ventura
  • Directors: Terence Young
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000EZ3F4E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 37,251 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Based on Peter Mass's best-seller dramatising the testimony of Joseph Valachi, a high-ranking member of Cosa Nostra, 'The Valachi Papers' unfolds in flashback as the protagonist tells all to the authorities. Mob attempts on his life while he's in prison have persuaded him to spill the beans and the film proceeds as an episodic account of Mafia history between 1929 and 1963, during which time Valachi worked for notorious boss Vito Genovese.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Confessions of a hitman, 21 Jan 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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The Valachi Papers was shot at a time when common wisdom had it that gangster pictures were box-office poison, so the very American tale of Charles Bronson's Cosa Nostra soldier spilling the beans on his life in the mob in return for protection by the Feds ended up being shot at Dinocitta in Italy with French money and an English director (Terence Young, reunited with Dr No villains Joseph Wiseman and Anthony Dawson) only to end up being discounted as a Godfather ripoff when Coppola's film became a surprise huge hit. Based on Joe Valachi's Grand Jury testimony that lifted the veil on the way the mob worked and was organized after years of denial of its very existence by J. Edgar Hoover, it's a well-crafted and enjoyable saga with none of the operatic grandeur that Coppola, Leone and De Palma would bring to the genre. There's not much in the way of historical or social context, more a catalog of hits and internecine feuding, but it's done with some flair and is surprisingly entertaining. Bronson makes a good lead, with decent support from Walter Chiari and Lino Ventura, both surprisingly well dubbed. Unfortunately the dire Mrs Bronson, Jill Ireland, is along too, but she's not in it enough to do any damage.

Unlike Orbit's cut version, which boasts a terrible transfer from a damaged print, Cinema Club's UK widescreen transfer is well worth picking up despite the absence of any extras. Just make sure you order the right one!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor quality DVD!, 7 April 2006
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This review is from: The Valachi Papers [DVD] (DVD)
The quality of this DVD from Orbit Media is indeed very poor. It is just like a VHS tape. The picture is not typical DVD quality, with flickering across it and the colour is quite mashy, so that the men look like they are wearing lipstick in the first scene when the film starts. The sound isn't great either.
It is fortunate that this film is available from SONY on Region 1 in the states, and also from 2entertain (Cinema Club) in the UK. Both of those prints are wonderful.
Don't waste your money on this dreadful Orbit Media DVD!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Valachi Papers, 2 Sep 2003
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This review is from: The Valachi Papers [VHS] [1972] (VHS Tape)
Following the death this week of Charles Bronson this video is now going to be well sort after by the viewing public. The video is one of the most explicit of thiry years of gangland violence in America.Charles Bronson plays Valachi who started off in a petty way stealing silk in the Twenties and ended up pushing heroin in the sixties and talking before a crime commission. The direction of the film is very well done as it picks up all the blood and gore and alot is left to the imagingation. There is alot to do with the Mafia and the script certainly hits home being very direct and chiling. A well worth watching film. Not for the faint hearted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bronson mafia film
The story of Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson), who agrees to tell all to the feds about his mafia past and connections in return for protection for him and his family. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J.M

5.0 out of 5 stars Mafia
Wonderfull to watch this film again, which I saw at the cinema when it came out. When everybody was making Mafia films and writing books. Off the back of the Godfather. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. G. P. Barnett

4.0 out of 5 stars Confessions of a hitman
The Valachi Papers was shot at a time when common wisdom had it that gangster pictures were box-office poison, so the very American tale of Charles Bronson's Cosa Nostra soldier... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

1.0 out of 5 stars Great film - but get the Cinema Club version instead!
Orbit's version of this rather good Charles Bronson movie is one to avoid - it boasts a terrible transfer from a damaged print that looks like it's been edited for TV... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

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