A young married couple in 1930s New York becomes dangerously involved with the mob. It gets off to an interesting start, but the script is unfocused, with the narrative rambling all over the place and going on much too long. The presentation is gritty but rather sloppy. Although it does not start with a narrator, one awkwardly pops up about a third of the way through and sporadically thereafter. Whitman is bland. Britt is blond. The only reason for watching is the impressive debut performance of Falk as a vicious hit-man for the mob. This is also the feature film debut of director Rosenberg, who achieved his greatest success with "Cool Hand Luke" a few years later.
Review of Murder, Inc.
