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The Family Rico is a 1972 American TV movie directed by Paul Wendkos based on a novel by Georges Simenon. A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization. It was a remake of The Brothers Rico.
- Crime Drama
Sep 12, 1972 · The Family Rico: Directed by Paul Wendkos. With Ben Gazzara, Jack Carter, Dane Clark, Leif Erickson. A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
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- Crime, Drama
- Paul Wendkos
- 1972-09-12
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Made for television, The Family Rico was adapted from the same Georges Simenon novel that served as the basis of the 1958 Columbia theatrical feature The Brothers Rico. Ben Gazzara plays a powerful mobster put in an embarrassing position by younger brother Sal Mineo.
- Paul Wendkos
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- Ben Gazzara
- Paul Wendkos
- CBS Studios
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
A drama about underworld pressures on a crime syndicate chief, played by Gazzara, who is torn between his love for a younger brother who defects and his own loyalty to the organization. The 1957 theatrical version of the story, "The Brothers Rico," starred Richard Conte and Kathryn Grant, who...
