Cry Chicago (originally ''¡Viva América!'' and also released as ''The Mafia Mob'', ) is a 1969 Spanish-Italian

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directed by the Catalan film director

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(in the credit ''Saviero Seto''), starring

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in his final film appearance,

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, Margaret Lee and Gogó Rojo.

Plot

After the

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Francesco Mannata started out to America from

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to his brother Salvatore in

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. Francesco takes the name ''Frank Mannata'' and with Salvatore and their sister, Rosella organized a mafia empire. The mafia war breaks out between the Sicilian Mannatas and the Italo- Irish O'Connor-Messina gangs. Many people die in the conflicts (including Salvatore and Rose); finally, Frank Mannata is killed by the minor gangster Dr. MacDonald.

Cast

: Frank (Francesco) Mannata * Guglielmo Spoletini: Salvatore Mannata, Frank's brother * Margaret Lee: Lucy Barrett, Frank's wife * Gogó Rojo: Rosella (Rose) Mannata, Frank's sister *

: Bambi (as Anna Maria Pierangeli), Salvatore's lover *

: Dick O'Connor, Irish gangster boos *

: Dr. MacDonald, doctor, consultant and gangster * Beni Deus: Timothy, Rosella's Greek husband *

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: Buchanan, police chief of Chicago * Sun De Sanders: Patricia *

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: Matón, O'Connor's henchman *

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: Federel agent Ethen Lason *

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: Charlie Romero, bar owner * Lola Villar: prostituta * Mike Brendel * Miguel del Castillo: O'Brian, gangster and O'Connor's mate * Juan Olaguivel: O'Brian's bodyguard and driver * Fernando Bilbao * Kathy Lagarde * Yamil Omar: Turkish immigrant * Antonia Mas: Mammy, proprietress of bordello * Rafael Vaquero * Adolfo Thous * Manuel Bermúdez Boliche * José Solís *

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: Senator Charles Temple

Production

Setó's movie partly is the epigon of crime film ''They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929'' (1969) of Julio Diamante. While in Spain in November 1968 to film ''Cry Chicago'',

was injured in an on-set explosion when a car window near him, which had been rigged to explode outward, accidentally exploded inward. Hunter sustained a serious

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. According to Hunter's wife Emily, he "...went into shock" on the plane ride back to the United States after filming. After landing, Hunter was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles but doctors could not find any serious injuries. On May 26, 1969, Hunter suffered an

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, California. He fell and struck his head on a banister, fracturing his skull. He was found unconscious and taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital where he underwent brain surgery to repair his injuries. He died the following morning at the age of 42. This was Hunter's final completed film role.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0065252, title=¡Viva América! Spanish crime films Italian crime films 1969 films Films directed by Javier Setó Films scored by Gianfranco Reverberi 1969 crime films Films about the Chicago Outfit 1960s Italian films Foreign films set in the United States