Mongo’s Back In Town - 1971 - 6/10
Gritty crime story of a hitman returning home for the holidays.
Not exactly a family reunion, however.
Mongo’s brother owns a cheap club and is acting as middleman for counterfeit plates.
Except the plates have gone missing and brother is being setup as the patsy.
Bare bones overview of this Noirish film, shot to look like rainswept, wintry New York.
Sally Field plays a waif Mongo picks up along the way, Martin Sheen a young cop.
Telly Savalas’s Lieutenant Tolstad seems a dress rehearsal for Kojak, two years away.
Joe Don Baker well cast as tight-lipped, brooding Mongo.