The Don Is Dead

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1973R

Academy Award® winner Anthony Quinn stars in this epic, action-packed drama of love, life and death inside the Mafia. When the reigning Don dies, a bloody, all-out power struggle ensues to determine who will be the next Capo. Don Angelo (Anthony Quinn), a notorious crime czar, is poised to take control of the Syndicate. But when he discovers that an ambitious lieutenant (Robert Forster) from his own family has become a rival for the love of his beautiful mistress, the Don vows to turn the streets red with the blood of the traitor, triggering an internal mob war of wills and weapons in this hard-hitting tale of betrayal, ambition and revenge.

Starring

Anthony Quinn, Jerry Goldsmith, Richard H. Kline, Frederic Forrest, Richard Fleischer, Robert Forster, Hal B. Wallis, Al Lettieri, Edith Head, Angel Tompkins

Director

Richard Fleischer