Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.—Richard Jones <[email protected]>

1962, and Joe Valachi's convicted for drug trafficking. Once imprisoned, he finds out there's a hit which has been put on him - by the head of his own family. He thinks Valachi's sold him out - become a snitch. Because of the bounty on his head, Valachi becomes a real informant in exchange for safety inside.—Huggo

The gangster Joseph "Joe" Valachi has worked for the Mafia for more than thirty years in New York. When he has been imprisoned for fifteen years, he learns that the mobster Don Vito Genovese is offering a reward for his life. Without any alternative other than stay in the solitaire, he accepts the DA offer of protection. In return, he has to disclose the secrets of the Cosa Nostra.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil