Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Brothers Rico (1957)


Columbia Pictures
Directed by Phil Karlson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)

Successful businessman Richard Conte can't quite shake his gangster past after his brothers get involved with a mob hit and need his help when things start to go bad.  The mob forces Conte to track down one brother: he thinks he can save him when actually the mob just wants him dead. When Conte realizes what's going on it's too late to save his brothers, but not to exact his own revenge. Tough crime drama brought down a bit by overly melodramatic subplots. Conte is good in the lead role as is the unheralded Larry Gates as the conniving mob boss.

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