The 'hits' just keep a coming' in this curious early '60s crime noir. Arguably more interesting for its casting than for its muddled plot line, the line-up features an engaging performance by Elizabeth Montgomery a year prior to her "Bewitched" fame. Also on hand in brief cameo walk-ons are Rat-Packers Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop, along with Henry Silva in the title role plus many other faces familiar from other Rat Pack films of the period.
One suspects there is an incredible backstory to this film's production, considering that the soon-to-be-ousted-from-the-Pack Peter Lawford was the Executive Producer. The film is effectively brutal and unsentimental, and slick when it needs to be. It's certainly worth a look.
One suspects there is an incredible backstory to this film's production, considering that the soon-to-be-ousted-from-the-Pack Peter Lawford was the Executive Producer. The film is effectively brutal and unsentimental, and slick when it needs to be. It's certainly worth a look.