Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Acting
John Davis Chandler's wild eyes—pure unhinged desperation.
Direction
Burt Balaban crams a decade of mob mythology into 88 minutes.
Production
Ratty little sets that somehow feel more authentic than Gangs of New York.
Director
Burt Balaban
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burt Balaban was the nephew of Paramount founder Barney Balaban—nepotism got this made, talent kept it interesting.
Released the same year as West Side Story, this is the gritty, forgotten flipside of 1961's romanticized urban violence.
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