The Brotherhood (1968)

Storyline

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world. The Brotherhood, the 1968 Martin Ritt Mafia crime thriller (“Kirk Douglas gives the kiss of death in The Brotherhood”; “Written by Lewis John Carlino”; the ad campaign included an image of Kirk Douglas kissing Alex Cord, even on the border of each lobby card!) starring Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, and Susan Strasberg