Murder, Inc. with Stuart Whitman: DVD Cover

    Murder, Inc. Director: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry [Harry] Morgan, Peter Falk

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/23/2006
    • Original Release: 1960
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 35,117

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    Disc #1 -- Murder, Inc.
    1. Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (Main Titles) [4:57]
    2. When Mobs Merge [7:09]
    3. One Favor for Another [4:05]
    4. "Hey! Mister" [1:05]
    5. More Than a Fat Lip [2:05]
    6. Parting Instructions [2:50]
    7. Where Are the Cops? [4:00]
    8. Writ of Habeas Corpus [2:49]
    9. Panto's Mistake [1:18]
    10. Having to Love With It [2:14]
    11. My Price to Mediate [2:10]
    12. Looking for Eadie [4:51]
    13. Awakening [2:03]
    14. Take, Take and Take [:30]
    15. How It Worked [1:51]
    16. Payback [2:03]
    17. Joe Rosen Is Dead [3:32]
    18. Lepke on the Lam [1:01]
    19. Burton Turkus [6:35]
    20. The Brownsville Bums [2:09]
    21. A Wife's Confession [3:32]
    22. Poor, Scared Little Joey [3:32]
    23. Forcing Reles to Sing [2:26]
    24. Lepke and Joey's Mistake [3:04]
    25. A Canary's Nest [1:24]
    26. What Do We Do/ [4:15]
    27. Brought to Justice [7:28]
    28. End Titles [3:00]

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    Editorial Reviews

    This true crime story was hardly "ripped from today's headlines," since the events took place some 20 to 30 years before the movie was released. Still, Murder, Inc. is not afraid to name names, notably those of syndicate boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (David J. Stewart) and killer Abe Reles (Peter Falk), who squeals on the Mob to earn immunity. The activities of Buchalter's murder-for-hire operation are played against a fictional story about a nightclub singer (Stuart Whitman) and a dancer (May Britt). Murder, Inc. has a queasy, unsettling quality, due in part to some offbeat casting: TV comedian Henry Morgan co-stars as a dead-serious federal agent, while "human joke machine" Morey Amsterdam shows up as a cabaret entertainer who is stabbed by the Mob. The film was a major boost for the career of Peter Falk, who very nearly managed to parlay his Murder, Inc. supporting role into an Academy Award. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    More Inc. Than Murderby Bryan_Cassiday_author

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    November 25, 2008: Shot in documentary style, "Murder, Inc." is long on talk and short on action. For a movie concerning an association of hit men, it comes as an unwelcome surprise that there would be so little action.

    This movie is based on an interesting true story in 1930s Brooklyn, but it lacks juice, and for a movie with the title "Murder, Inc.," such a dearth is the kiss of death. When you see a film title with the word "murder" teamed with "inc." in it, it stands to reason that you would expect to see a raft of murders being committed on-screen. "Murder, Inc.," which is a catchy title, is therefore misleading.

    What the film does have is a standout performance by Peter Falk as contract killer Abe Reles, which is spot on, and, for that reason alone, if for no other, it is worth watching.

    --Bryan Cassiday, author of "Fete of Death"

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