This was a sad demonstration of the oft repeated phrase, no good deed goes unpunished. For in trying to do the right thing, young Iggy Kovacs (Barry Gordon) becomes disillusioned with the response of local police officers, but more so, his own Dad (Biff Elliot), when they all fail to acknowledge the brutality of a mob boss (Dennis Patrick) who beat up a man who owed him money. Sealing the deal was Rose's offer of a ten dollar bill to the kid, proving at that precise moment in time, that maybe crime does pay if you have the right connections. The story, told in flashback, opens with the now adult friend of Iggy who was with him thirty five years earlier to witness the pummeling. The scene would resonate with anyone who grew up in the New York Metropolitan area, as the front page of newspapers like the New York Daily News and the New York Post would far too often carry the latest mob rub out in the city or nearby Jersey. Even in black and white, the gory details always looked red.
Review of The Day of the Bullet
