Most interesting film which with its specifically Italian / family / Mafia milieu kept making me think of Scorsese. It's also low on action, concentrating on the inexorable descent made by its hero Richard Conte (who's great) into tragedy, and thus really has an ending too happy for its material (it should have finished with the couple being watched by a sinister figure, showing that the 'Organisation' won't leave him behind....)
From a Georges Simenon story, screenwritten by Lewis Meltzer and Ben Perry. With Dianne Foster, James Darren (younger Rico), Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, Argentina Brunetti (mama, has a small part in It's a Wonderful Life).
Shot by Burnett Guffey.
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