Posted By: Turnbull
"The Brotherhood" (1968) - 01/05/20 06:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUdusSwhMM8
In this film, Kirk Douglas plays an old-fashioned Don who partners with other gangsters in semi-legitimate businesses, but is constantly drawn back into "the old ways," including a vendetta for a decades-old betrayal. His younger brother (Alex Cord) gets out of the Army and wants to join the family business. He sides with the modern faction, which puts him into conflict with his brother, leading to a deadly climax.
This isn't a great film, but it's pretty good, and Douglas makes a convincing Sicilian Don. Interestingly, Paramount made it while they had options on "The Godfather" novel. "The Brotherhood" got critical acclaim, but flopped at the box office. That failure almost caused Paramount to abandon their option to make the GF novel into a movie, even after it topped the best-seller list for a year.
In this film, Kirk Douglas plays an old-fashioned Don who partners with other gangsters in semi-legitimate businesses, but is constantly drawn back into "the old ways," including a vendetta for a decades-old betrayal. His younger brother (Alex Cord) gets out of the Army and wants to join the family business. He sides with the modern faction, which puts him into conflict with his brother, leading to a deadly climax.
This isn't a great film, but it's pretty good, and Douglas makes a convincing Sicilian Don. Interestingly, Paramount made it while they had options on "The Godfather" novel. "The Brotherhood" got critical acclaim, but flopped at the box office. That failure almost caused Paramount to abandon their option to make the GF novel into a movie, even after it topped the best-seller list for a year.