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Weve been here for a year, and all weve gotten is a year older. Just the greatest parody of the italian mob ever made. Not only cant they shoot straight, they cant even rob, steal, cheat, or kill straight. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is a 1971 american mafia comedy film directed by james goldstone and written by waldo salt, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by jimmy breslin, which in turn was based on the life of gangster joe gallo. The gang that couldnt shoot straight 1971 full cast. The gang cant shoot neither does the film cleveland press december 27, 1971 the gang that couldnt shoot straight opens and closes funny but in between has nowhere to go. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is at it again. The gang that couldnt shoot straight is the story of papa baccala, a brooklyn. Released 1971, the gang that couldnt shoot straight stars jerry orbach, leigh tayloryoung, jo van fleet the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100. The gang that couldnt shoot straight film wikipedia. Deniro portraying a character named mario, an italian bicycle racer turned con man.
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