Excellent Cadavers

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Excellent Cadavers ★★½ 1999 (R)

Giovanni Falcone (Palminteri) was an incorruptible Italian prosecutor who took on the Mafia in Sicily in the 1980s. By the end of the decade, and with the help of informer Tommaso Buscetta (Abraham), Falcone had 300 convictions and sealed his own grim fate. Title refers to the corpses of public officials who challenged the mobsters. Based on the book by Alexander Stille. 86m/C VHS, DVD . Chazz Palminteri, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Galiena, Bruno Bilotta; D: Ricky Tognazzi; W: Peter Pruce; M: Joseph Vitarelli. CABLE

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