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Prison | Prohibition Era
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In return for using the penitentiary grounds of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, the production made a large contribution to the prison's recreation fund.
Source novelist Peter Maas once said of this movie that it was "one of the worst films ever made".
Due to a special agreement with the Sing Sing Prison, about 100 convicts worked as extras and background actors.
Producer Dino De Laurentiis acquired the screen rights to Peter Maas' novel in 1969. As soon as the movie was announced, De Laurentiis said that he started getting telephone calls from unidentified people 'inviting' him to drop the project. Undaunted, he pressed on.
Director Terence Young once said that "The Godfather (1972) is the most expensive trailer ever made - a trailer for our film! Young added that the film was "no 'spin-off' trying to cash in" on the other film's success. "We are really much closer to The French Connection (1971). We are the other side of that coin - you could call us 'The Italian Connection'!"
"Tony Bender: "Cut it off!" Bender to his two henchman as they grab Gap to get a "present" for Don Vito's girlfriend."
