MURDER, INC. 1960
this is the first original story of how the syndicate
runs and controls every racket and vice in the nation
based on the bullet-riddled pages of the best seller
by former NYC assistant district attorney burton turkus
the hoods, the sleazy babes, the blond bombshells
and the wanton gunmen who accounted for an estimated
1000 previously unsolved murders in new york
and all were executed by murder, incorporated
this was peter falk's silver screen debut
and it was magnetic while being electrifying
- a two bit hood who cleaned up nice and then shot first
in the best scene from almost any movie - he screams
'what you get your hands on ya take, ya take and ya take'
the star of this classic, stuart whitman introduced the film
and took questions afterward
watching an old whitman watching himself as a younger man
in a movie he made 53 years ago
is what makes this film festival so intriguing thus successful
Arthur Lyons FilmNoir Festival is in its 13th season and
better than ever and continues until today's 4pm finish
the festival is held in one convenient location in beautiful
palm springs at the Camelot Theater