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Release Date: 1991

Cast: Robert Modica, Steven Wright, Lilia Skala, Stanley Tucci, Nicholas Turturro, Peter Boyle, Rod Steiger, Beatrice Alda, Vincent Pastore, Carl Capotorto, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina ...MORE

Cast: Robert Modica, Steven Wright, Lilia Skala, Stanley Tucci, Nicholas Turturro, Peter Boyle, Rod Steiger, Beatrice Alda, Vincent Pastore, Carl Capotorto, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Michael Badalucco, John Turturro ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Tragedy, Crime Drama, Film adaptation, Gangster, Crime Thriller

Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the first attempt to transplant MacBeth to the American mob culture; it was done in the 1955 film Joe MacBeth. Mike Battaglia, a powerful lieutenant in the D’Amico crime family, executes a large-scale hit on the family's enemies, earning a promotion to caporegime... MORE

Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the first attempt to transplant MacBeth to the American mob culture; it was done in the 1955 film Joe MacBeth. Mike Battaglia, a powerful lieutenant in the D’Amico crime family, executes a large-scale hit on the family's enemies, earning a promotion to caporegime and the undying respect of his boss, godfather Charlie D'Amico. Despite the Don's generosity, however, Battaglia secretly resents D'Amico for passing him over as his successor. At the instigation of Ruthie, his wife, Battaglia murders D'Amico and has his sons shipped off to Florida, clearing the way for him to assume control of the D'Amico family. He becomes an underworld despot, deciding to kill anyone he suspects as a threat to his power, including former ally Bankie Como and his unconnected son, Philly, who survives an assassination attempt. At his coronation as boss, a drunken Battaglia LESS