Mango's a hitman, played by Joe Don Baker, returning to town after a prison sentence, and everybody who knew him from his brother and other associates to the police department are suspicious about his presence. It seems that practically everybody, including his brother Charles Cioffi, wants to put a hit on him before he is assigned to put a hit on them. By chance, he meets the new girl in town, a young Sally Field, and and helps her out after buying her breakfast and suggesting that she leave town as quickly as possible. But of course she's going to stick around, and ends up getting involved in his business which leads her into the middle of a murder investigation. Anme Francis is terrific as a world-weary shady lady, and Telly Savalas, pre-Kojak, is sensational as Baker's nemesis on the police department.
That's Angelo Rossito, a veteran actor dating back to the early 1930's as the mute Trembles, instantly recognizable from his role in the cult classic "Freaks" and devoted sidekick to Bela Lugosi in a couple of Z grade horror films. The atmosphere is terrific, often dark and rainy and set in the worst part of a big city. Baker is very funny when he gets filled a hotel room and request that it be with as few bugs as possible. The plot is complicated but not convoluted oh, an update of the type of B crime drama that dominated the 1940's. Baker makes a great anti-hero, with Field the typical innocent heroine (although she is feisty), and Frances terrific in the type of roles that Claire Trevor used go play.
That's Angelo Rossito, a veteran actor dating back to the early 1930's as the mute Trembles, instantly recognizable from his role in the cult classic "Freaks" and devoted sidekick to Bela Lugosi in a couple of Z grade horror films. The atmosphere is terrific, often dark and rainy and set in the worst part of a big city. Baker is very funny when he gets filled a hotel room and request that it be with as few bugs as possible. The plot is complicated but not convoluted oh, an update of the type of B crime drama that dominated the 1940's. Baker makes a great anti-hero, with Field the typical innocent heroine (although she is feisty), and Frances terrific in the type of roles that Claire Trevor used go play.