Leo O'Bannion is the man in charge. An Irish American bootlegger and politician. A politician will always have his enemies and a criminal one doubly so. Leo's rival is Johnny Caspar, an Italian mobster with a seriously short fuse. When Leo offers protection to a bookie who has incurred Johnny's wrath it's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose. And it starts with an assassination attempt carried out to the sound of Frank Patterson's dulcet tones. We shall choose to ignore the fact that Patterson wasn't even born at the time the film is set.
An actor called Trey Wilson was hired to play Leo O'Bannion but sadly died of a brain hemorrhage before filming started. His misfortune became Albert Finney's good fortune and with his performance a perfect pairing of sound & vision was created.
Previous pairings
The Blues Brothers
Straight Outta Compton
The Princess Bride
American Honey
Snake In The Eagle's Shadow
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Untouchables
Airplane!
Dazed And Confused
Kickboxer
Grosse Point Blank
Mean Streets
Watership Down
Casablanca
Zodiac
Jackie Brown
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Deliverance
The Omen
Copland
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The Mission
Before Sunset
Carlito's Way
A Knight's Tale
Platoon
Before Sunrise
Rushmore
An American Werewolf In London
Dazed And Confused
Boogie Nights
Raging Bull
Almost Famous
Once Upon A Time In The West
Goodfellas
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