Yaphet Kotto was offered his next role as production on "Across 110th Street" was drawing to a close. He was informed that he would need to travel to England as he was considered for the next James Bond movie.
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Producer Dino De Laurentiis acquired the screen rights to Peter Maas' source best-seller in 1969 about three years before the movie premiered. As soon as the production of the movie was announced, producer Dino De Laurentiis said that he started getting a series of telephone calls from unidentified people 'inviting' him to drop the project. De Laurenttis was unavailing of these invites and pressed on with the film's development and pre-production.
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The film's closing epilogue states: "After seven years in solitary confinement Joseph Valachi died of natural causes. So did Vito Genovese... ...but six months earlier".
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The film's opening prologue, a quote from Senator Robert F. Kennedy, states: "Crime is a question of criminals. It is not a matter of race, color or religion - Robert Kennedy when Attorney General of the United States".
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Valachi Papers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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