The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) on Netflix
Kid Sally Palumbo runs a crew his boss Baccala barely respects. Handed a six-day bicycle race to supervise, he works with a dozen Italian cyclists, among them Mario Trantino, a thief.
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Plot summary
Kid Sally Palumbo grows jealous of Baccala, the older mobster he answers to, who has little respect for the crew Kid Sally commands. Baccala lets him supervise a six-day bicycle race and keep the money it brings in. Twelve Italian cyclists are brought into New York City, among them Mario Trantino, a budding thief. When outside interference stops the race from taking place, Sally is demoted to driving Baccala as his chauffeur, and Trantino stays in the city to run con games of his own, among them posing as a priest. Sally's mother, Big Momma, pushes him to move against the entrenched mobsters in power.
Cast
- Irving Selbstas Big Jelly
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Al Pacino was originally cast in the lead, but during rehearsal he pulled out to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. He was replaced by Robert De Niro.
- Hervé Villechaize made his feature film debut in the film, but his lines were dubbed by Paul Frees to conceal his French accent, since he was playing an Italian-American character.
