When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Keywords:
Prison
Prohibition era
Mobster
Mafia
Movie tag line: "The Valachi Papers. Fact not Fiction."
Character: Joe Valachi
Character: Vito Genovese
Character: Maria Reina Valachi
Character: Dominick Petrilli, aka "Gap"
Character: Salvatore Maranzano