Suspense & Crime Collection ( The Don Is Dead / The Midnight Man / The Hit )

Suspense & Crime Collection (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Original Title: The Don Is Dead / The Midnight Man / The Hit
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Mono )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
317 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973-1984 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Fleischer
Roland Kibbee
Burt Lancaster
Stephen Frears

Written By:
Marvin H. Albert
Christopher Trumbo
Michael Butler
David Anthony
Roland Kibbee
Burt Lancaster
Peter Prince

Actors:
Anthony Quinn ..... Don Angelo DiMorra
Frederic Forrest ..... Tony Fargo
Robert Forster ..... Frank Regalbuto
Al Lettieri ..... Vince Fargo
Angel Tompkins ..... Ruby Dunne
Charles Cioffi ..... Luigi Orlando
Jo Anne Meredith ..... Marie
John Duke ..... Don Aggimio Bernardo
Louis Zorich ..... Mitch DiMorra
Anthony Charnota ..... Johnny Tresca
Ina Balin ..... Nella
Joe Santos ..... Joe Lucci
Frank DeKova ..... Giunta
Abe Vigoda ..... Don Talusso
Victor Argo ..... Augie the Horse
Val Bisoglio ..... Pete Lazatti
Robert Carricart ..... Mike Spada
Frank Christi ..... Harold Early
Sid Haig ..... The Arab
Maurice Sherbanee ..... Corsican
George Skaff ..... Vito
Vic Tayback ..... Ralph Negri
Gerardine Arthur
Dick Balduzzi ..... Benny
Frank Barone ..... Fargo Soldier
Bobby Bass ..... Hijacker
Holger Bendixen ..... Don Paolo Regalbuto
Robert Board ..... Restaurant Patron
James J. Casino ..... Hood
Arlene Charles ..... Airline Information Girl
Burt Lancaster ..... Jim Slade
Susan Clark ..... Linda Thorpe
Cameron Mitchell ..... Quartz Willinger
Morgan Woodward ..... Senator Clayborne
Harris Yulin ..... Sheriff Jack Casey
Robert Quarry ..... Dr. Prichette
Joan Lorring ..... Judy Willinger
Lawrence Dobkin ..... Waldo Mason
Ed Lauter ..... Leroy
Mills Watson ..... Cash
Charles Tyner ..... Ewing
Catherine Bach ..... Natalie Claybourne
Bill Lancaster ..... Arthur King
Quinn K. Redeker ..... Swanson
Richard Winterstein ..... Virgil
William Hicks ..... Charlie
Peter Dane ..... Karl Metterman
Linda Kelsey ..... Betty Childress
William Splawn ..... Eddie Lamar
Susan MacDonald ..... Elaine Lamar
Nick Cravat ..... Gardener
Joel Gordon Kravitz ..... Pearlman
Rodney Stevens ..... Jimmy
Weems Oliver Baskin III ..... Bartender
Joan Perkins ..... Nurse
Harold N. Cooledge Jr. ..... Dean Collins
Gene Lehfeldt ..... Casey's Driver
William Clark ..... Deputy
Elizabeth Black ..... Bus Dispatcher
Rachel Ray ..... Parolee
Freddie Stuart ..... First Man
Ralph Brown ..... Second Man
A.J. Clarke ..... Third Man
Terence Stamp ..... Willie Parker
Lennie Peters ..... Mr Corrigan
Bernie Searle ..... Hopwood
Brian Royal ..... Fellows
Albie Woodington ..... Riordan
Willoughby Gray ..... Judge
Jim Broadbent ..... Barrister
Manuel de Benito ..... Juan
Juan Calot ..... Priest
Enrique San Francisco ..... Kidnapper
Will More ..... Kidnapper
José Luis Fernández 'Pirri' ..... Kidnapper
Camilo Vilanova ..... Kidnapper
John Hurt ..... Braddock
Tim Roth ..... Myron
Fernando Rey ..... Senior Policeman
Carlos Lucena ..... Uniformed Officer
Bill Hunter ..... Harry
Laura del Sol ..... Maggie
Mikel Garmendia ..... Tavern Keeper
Carlos Zabala ..... Young Basques
Eneko Olazagasti ..... Young Basques
Patxi Barko ..... Young Basques
Xavier Aguirre ..... Young Basques
Carlos Tristancho ..... Garage Attendant
José Lifante ..... Police Officer
Linda Regan ..... Madame Isabella

Synopsis:

The Don Is Dead: After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues. The Midnight Man: Former Chicago policeman Jim Slade is paroled from prison, where he had served time for shooting his wife's lover in their bed. He goes to live with his married friends Quartz and Judy in a small town where he has been offered a job as a night watchman at a college. A college coed is murdered and local sheriff Casey tries to pin the crime on a creepy janitor who spouts biblical revelation while hiding pornography. Slade pursues his own unauthorized investigation. Natalie, the murdered student, is the daughter of Senator Clayborne, who subsequently receives blackmail letters related to tapes of her confession to a psychiatric counselor that she had an incestuous relationship with her father. Slade questions possible suspects, including the senator, Natalie's estranged boyfriend Arthur King (who declares to Slade that the generation gap 'just got a little wider'), psychology professor Dean Collins and a nerdy student whose taped psychiatric rant was also stolen. All the while, Slade is warned, by his parole officer Linda Thorpe and by Quartz, against overstepping his authority as a mere night watchman, no longer a cop. A brief affair between Slade and Thorpe begins. A family of thugs led by a Ma Barker-type mother arrives, and they are revealed to be agents paid by some corrupt members of the sheriff's department to do their dirty work. Slade realizes that the parole officer and Quartz are the perpetrators of the murder, because only Quartz could have known a certain critical clue involved in the cover-up. Sheriff Casey arrests Quartz. As they depart, Slade confronts Thorpe, who produces the stolen tapes that are hidden in her freezer. The sheriff offers Slade an apology and a job although Slade cannot hold a position with the law as a convicted felon. The Hit: Two hitmen are sent to Spain to pick up a man who's been hiding there for ten years and bring him to Paris to be executed. A sort of road movie ensues, in which the hitmen must face their own ineptitude and nothing goes as planned.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 July, 2025.