Mafioso

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Mafioso is a mordant tale about mob vassalage, never overplayed and always funny - long before Hollywod cashed in on mob stereotypes.

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  • A dead Mafioso, shots in the attic, Vidakovich and the brick truck -- all that I could take. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 03 - March 1997
  • The 1962 black-and-white Italian comedy "Mafioso" is one of these films. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • Certain Mafioso, like Carlos Marcello, Santos Trafficante, Myer Lansky, as well as CIA officials, held over from the OSS days, were tied into various enterprises together. —  California Literary Review
  • It takes quite a while for the Duncan Shepherd to finally get around to actually reviewing Mafioso, but the getting there is good. —  GreenCine Daily
  • Mafioso is a mordant tale about mob vassalage, never overplayed and always funny - long before Hollywod cashed in on mob stereotypes. —  GreenCine Daily
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  1. Italian, from mafia, mafia; see Mafia.
 

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