---
title: 'The Valachi Papers (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Terence Young'
released: '1972-07-21'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-valachi-papers-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068341/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Valachi Papers (1972)

1972 · PG · 125 min · Crime · France, Italy


## Synopsis

The Valachi Papers is a 1972 biographical crime film directed by Terence Young, which tells the story of Joseph Valachi, an American Mafia informant in the early 1960s who was the first ever mafioso to acknowledge the organization's existence. The film stars Charles Bronson as Valachi and Lino Ventura as Vito Genovese, along with Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, and Gerald S. O'Loughlin. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Terence Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-young)
- **Screenplay:** [Arduino Maiuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/arduino-maiuri), [Stephen Geller](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-geller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani), [Armando Trovajoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-trovajoli)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aldo Tonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-tonti)

## Cast

- [Gerald S. O'Loughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-s-o-loughlin)
- [Ron Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-gilbert)
- [Lina Franchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lina-franchi)
- [María Baxa](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-baxa)
- [Joseph Wiseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-wiseman)
- [Charles Bronson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bronson)
- [Pupella Maggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/pupella-maggio)
- [Guido Leontini](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-leontini)
- [Jill Ireland](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-ireland)
- [Mario Pilar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-pilar)
- [Ennio Antonelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-antonelli)
- [Angelo Infanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-infanti)
- [Sabine Sun](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabine-sun)
- [Walter Chiari](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-chiari)
- [Amedeo Nazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-nazzari)

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