I think that Eli Wallach gets a bad rap in this film - I thought his performance was excellent. Considering he's from Cuban descent (I think it's Cuban, but it could be Mexico or Puerto Rico - a Latino country anyway!) he did a fine job of portraying a Sicilian. [/QB]
Wallach was born on December 7th, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents, and subsequently became one of the few Jewish kids growing up in an Italian neighborhood.
As fine as an actor as he was, I found his portrayl of a don, almost laughable....
