The Valachi Papers (film)
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| Directed by | Terence Young |
| Screenplay by | Stephen Geller |
| Based on | The Valachi Papers by Peter Maas |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis |
| Starring | Charles Bronson Lino Ventura Joseph Wiseman Jill Ireland Walter Chiari Gerald S. O'Loughlin Amedeo Nazzari |
| Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
| Edited by | Johnny Dwyre Monica Finzi |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani Armando Trovajoli |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | Dino De Laurentiis Company Euro-France Films |
| Distributed by | S.N. Prodis |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Languages | English Italian |
| Budget | $4.2 million |
| Box office | $17,106,087 |
The Valachi Papers is a 1972 neo noir crime film directed by Terence Young. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book of the same name by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller. It tells the story of Joseph Valachi, a Mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first ever government witness coming from the American Mafia itself. The film stars Charles Bronson as Valachi and Lino Ventura as crime boss Vito Genovese, with Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Guido Leontini, Amedeo Nazzari, Fausto Tozzi, Pupella Maggio, and Angelo Infanti.