Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll was an Irish-born mobster in New York.who became big in the late 1920's and early '30's. The movie didn't follow the true story that closely. In real life, Coll murdered one child, a five-year-old. In the movie he kills two pre-teens.
The actor playing Coll, 26-year-old John Chandler, had kind of Steve Buscemi feel to him. With a young Jerry Orbach who kept the same hairstyle the rest of his career. Telly Savalas as a police detective.
Directed by Bob Balaban's cousin, Burt.
Kind of a middling gangster movie. Went lighter on the submachine guns than some.
Free on Tubi.
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