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Originally posted by Turnbull:
As you probably know, Joe Columbo muscled Paramount to delete references to "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra." In return, he gave the crew lots of cooperation during filming. He also let James Caan follow around some of his gang to study their ways. Caan mimicked Carmine (the Snake) Persico, who was then a Columbo capo. The FBI, which didn't know Caan, for a time had him listed as a new Columbo "made guy."
WOW!!! I didn't know it, Turnbull!!! It's incredible, isn't it? eek lol

I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)