The Valachi Papers (film)

The Valachi Papers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTerence Young
Screenplay byStephen Geller
Based onThe Valachi Papers
by Peter Maas
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
StarringCharles Bronson
Lino Ventura
Joseph Wiseman
Jill Ireland
Walter Chiari
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Amedeo Nazzari
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Edited byJohnny Dwyre
Monica Finzi
Music byRiz Ortolani
Armando Trovajoli
Color processTechnicolor
Production
companies
Distributed byS.N. Prodis
Release dates
  • 9 December 1972 (1972-12-09) (France)
  • 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13) (Italy)
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Running time
125 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguagesEnglish
Italian
Budget$4.2 million[2]
Box office$17,106,087[3]

The Valachi Papers is a 1972 neo noir crime film directed by Terence Young. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book of the same name by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller. It tells the story of Joseph Valachi, a Mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first ever government witness coming from the American Mafia itself. The film stars Charles Bronson as Valachi and Lino Ventura as crime boss Vito Genovese, with Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Guido Leontini, Amedeo Nazzari, Fausto Tozzi, Pupella Maggio, and Angelo Infanti.

  1. ^ "The Valachi Papers - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "De Laurentiis Starts 'Valachi Papers'". Variety. March 22, 1972. p. 5. Retrieved December 10, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "The Valachi Papers, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 21, 2012.