Only Italians could make such a film, speaking of the mafia thru such this angle, an interesting analysis of the Italian society of the early sixties. I am not too familiar with Italian stuff, but I can easily appreciate this one. Mafia is shown as it really exists, in such a way only Italian can do it. No clichés, no gunfights, nothing to do with THE UNTOUCHABLES nor any other US movie about the Octopuss. It could have been played by Jack Lemmon, if it had been an American feature, the tenderfoot thrown so brutally into a world of violence, not made for him at all. In this so obviously Italian film, you can't avoid the mix up between, comedy, drama, tragedy. A real must see.
Review of Mafioso
