The Counsellor (1973) LE Slipcover StudioCanal - 4K UHD

Following a stint in prison, Accardo (Tomas Milian), the counsellor to San Francisco’s crime lord Don Antonio (Martin Balsam), requests to leave the family in order to lead a normal life.

Don Antonio reluctantly agrees and in doing so breaks the mafia code that no one can leave the business until they drop dead.

As the resulting gang war escalates in violence and increasingly brings Don Antonio’s life under threat, Accardo returns to once again defend and serve his godfather…

Includes 12 page booklet with new essay by Peter Raleigh

On-disc extras:

NEW Il Consigliori: Tradition vs Modernity: a video essay by Will Webb

NEW Audio Commentary with Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Historian Troy Howarth

Intro by Jean-Baptiste Thoret

Stills gallery

Original Trailer