Murder, Inc.

UPC: 024543242727

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children]

Summary: This true crime story was hardly "ripped from today's headlines," since the events took place some 20 to 30 years before the movie was released. Still, Murder, Inc. is not afraid to name names, notably those of syndicate boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (David J. Stewart) and killer Abe Reles (Peter Falk), who squeals on the Mob to earn immunity. The activities of Buchalter's murder-for-hire operation are played against a fictional story about a nightclub singer (Stuart Whitman) and a dancer (May Britt). Murder, Inc. has a queasy, unsettling quality, due in part to some offbeat casting: TV comedian Henry Morgan co-stars as a dead-serious federal agent, while "human joke machine" Morey Amsterdam shows up as a cabaret entertainer who is stabbed by the Mob. The film was a major boost for the career of Peter Falk, who very nearly managed to parlay his Murder, Inc. supporting role into an Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Crime

Awards: Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Features: ccWidescreen Feature with Theatrical Trailer
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Murder, Inc.

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/23/2006

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 103 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Murder, Inc.
1. Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (Main Titles) [4:57]
2. When Mobs Merge [7:09]
3. One Favor for Another [4:05]
4. "Hey! Mister" [1:05]
5. More Than a Fat Lip [2:05]
6. Parting Instructions [2:50]
7. Where Are the Cops? [4:00]
8. Writ of Habeas Corpus [2:49]
9. Panto's Mistake [1:18]
10. Having to Love With It [2:14]
11. My Price to Mediate [2:10]
12. Looking for Eadie [4:51]
13. Awakening [2:03]
14. Take, Take and Take [:30]
15. How It Worked [1:51]
16. Payback [2:03]
17. Joe Rosen Is Dead [3:32]
18. Lepke on the Lam [1:01]
19. Burton Turkus [6:35]
20. The Brownsville Bums [2:09]
21. A Wife's Confession [3:32]
22. Poor, Scared Little Joey [3:32]
23. Forcing Reles to Sing [2:26]
24. Lepke and Joey's Mistake [3:04]
25. A Canary's Nest [1:24]
26. What Do We Do/ [4:15]
27. Brought to Justice [7:28]
28. End Titles [3:00]

Cast and Crew: Warren Finnerty  Actor 
Burt Balaban  Director 
Burt Balaban  Producer 
Frank De Vol  Composer (Music Score) 
Stuart Rosenberg  Director 
Irve Tunick  Screenwriter 
Stuart Whitman  Actor 
May Britt  Actor 
Henry Morgan  Actor 
Peter Falk  Actor 
Sarah Vaughan  Actor 
David J. Stewart  Actor 
Simon Oakland  Actor 
Joseph E. Bernard  Actor 
Eli Mintz  Actor 
Vincent Gardenia  Actor 
Josip Elic  Actor 
Helen Waters  Actor 
Lou Polan  Actor 
Howard I. Smith  Actor 
Joseph Campanella  Actor 
Leon B. Stevens  Actor 
Dorothy Stinnette  Actor 
Sylvia Miles  Actor 
Seymour Cassel  Actor 
David Kerman  Actor 
Harold Gary  Actor 
Peter Gumeny  Actor 
Morey Amsterdam  Actor 

Country: USA