The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers may refer to: *'' The Valachi Papers (book)'', 1968 book by Peter Maas *''The Valachi Papers (film) ''The Valachi Papers'' is a 1972 Italian-French crime neo noir directed by Terence Young. It is an adaptation of the 1968 non-fiction book of the same name by Peter Maas, with a screenplay by Stephen Geller. It tells the story of Joseph Valac ...

The Valachi Papers (book)
''The Valachi Papers'' is a 1968 biography written by Peter Maas, telling the story of former mafia member Joe Valachi, a low-ranking member of the New York-based Genovese crime family, who was the first ever government witness coming from the American Mafia itself. His account of his criminal past revealed many previously unknown details of the Mafia. The book was made into a film in 1972, also called ''The Valachi Papers (film), The Valachi Papers'', starring Charles Bronson as Valachi. Overview In October 1963, Valachi testified before Senator John L. McClellan's congressional committee on organized crime, the United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Government Operations. In the so-called Valachi hearings he gave the American public a firsthand account of Mafia acti ...
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