A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Chris Charles at a barbeque. Chris Charles works for Beverly Ridge Pictures and served as an assistant director and was in charge of casting for their new film, "Chicago Overcoat". I was treated to an exclusive trailer that really blew me away, I am definately looking forward to seeing this movie which features some big players, Frank Vincent and Armand Assante. See synopsis below.
Frank Vincent As LOU MARAZANO
Chicago Overcoat is a chilling look into the remains of the most powerful organized crime syndicate in the second half of the twentieth century. They were known as "The Outfit" and controlled the city of Chicago.
Lou Marazano, the Outfit's most deadly hit man is getting old. He gave up doing hits years ago and struggles to maintain a shylock business with the occasional card game. A life filled with regret and nothing to show for it. Lou is reminiscent of Al Pacino's portrayal of aging gangster Lefty Ruggiero in Donnie Brasco. A month before the Outfit's top boss goes on trial, Joe Barbone, a corrupt union representative is arrested for income tax fraud. The boss orders him to be silenced before the government can unfold an intricate scheme to siphon money through labor unions, involving millions of dollars in expressway construction contracts with the city. The scandal involves the Outfit's top bosses, city officials and police officers, all of whom the Outfit bosses are convinced would turn witness to avoid charges of their own. When Lou finds out about the contract he sees an opportunity to finance his retirement and decides it's time to reprise his role as the mob's top hitter.
On the other side of the law, homicide detective Ralph Maloney scrapes by on an honest cop's salary. Maloney has been working homicide for years; he's seen corrupt police and judges sweep plenty of mob hits under the carpet. Maloney isn't the type to rat but has always been too honest to climb the ladder of success in the Chicago Police Department. In the 80s he had a suspicion that a series of gangland slayings were connected. All of the victim's widows had received flowers from their husbands in the days before they died. Some at work, others at home, the flowers were all anonymously ordered and paid for at different flower shops all over the city. Working on his last year before retirement Maloney gets called to a bloody crime scene outside a downtown bar. When Maloney discovers that Joe Barbone's car was found abandoned outside the bar he decides to pay a visit to the Barbone residence. Inside he finds a fresh bouquet of flowers that was sent to Mrs. Barbone days earlier. Maloney remembers the connection to the killer from the 1980s and sets out to find his old nemesis before he retires. When Maloney proposes a connection to the approaching mafia trials, he finds that his old partner, now the residing Police Commissioner, wants to sweep the whole thing under the carpet. Fueled by his desire to catch "The Flowerman", Maloney digs deeper into Barbone's connection with the Outfit.
Soon enough Lou realizes that Lorenzo, the acting street boss who wants to make his promotion permanent, is working against him. With Maloney nipping at his heels Lou must perform his second hit: a high profile Alderman. When the Alderman turns up dead, Maloney suspects Lou will be nearby. He puts out an APB and Lou is picked up in the area. Little does Lou know that Maloney has a witness, a kid that Lou paid to have a bouquet of flowers sent to the Barbone residence. The kid, understanding the code of the street does not identify Lou. Although Maloney can't prove anything he is sure that Lou is the hitman and determined to lock him up. When Lorenzo finds out that Lou has been questioned in connection with the hits he decides to revoke Lou's Outfit membership. With one last hit to perform, a mob contract out on his head, and a relentless detective investigating him, Lou must prove he is worthy being the Outfit's most deadly hit man. A title he held over twenty years ago.
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