L'impero dei gangster

The US Senate Committee on Organized Crime tries to call in mob boss Nicholas Mancani, but he's gone missing. They next call in his associate Joe Gray (John Russell) to testify. Joe recounts his WWII experience in France where he meets his love Marte Dufour. After the war, he insists on going straight telling Nicky and assistant Connie Williams (Claire Trevor). There are those who want to stop his testimony while killing the other witnesses.

This story may work better if he has to go on the run from Mancani. As it stands, the tension has the brake peddle slightly pressed especially during the flashbacks. The pacing is not always that good. It's a lot of testifying in front of a Senate hearing. It's trying to make C-SPAN exciting. That's a tough job. I do like the rest of the stuff. It's a borderline case.