Crazy Joe

Crazy Joe (1974)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature]  |   Release Date - Feb 8, 1974 (USA)  |   Run Time - 100 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This graphically violent crime drama follows the relatively brief career of the notorious racketeer Crazy Joe Gallo, who formed an alliance with all of New York City's African-American gangs while serving time in Attica. Once he got out, he used that alliance to try and take over the Mafia, an act that resulted in his brutal murder in a restaurant in Little Italy, 1972.

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alliance, anger, Black [race], brother, child, control, criminal, death, extortion, family, gangster, godfather [guardian], loot, maniac, organized-crime, panic, prison, rackets [corruption], release, restaurant, robbery, shoot-out, store, street, suicide, thug, violence, weapons