Friendship, Honor, and Murder
Logline
Three young boys swear to an oath of friendship and honor; years later, one of them breaks the oath -- now someone must die.
Genre
Crime,Detective,Drama,Mystery,Suspense/Thriller
Short Summary
A Brooklyn detective investigates a series of mob killings and suspects one of his childhood friends is the killer.
The detective solves the crimes, but he lets the killer go. The killer goes back to his home in Wilmington and finds his old girl and they marry.
Setting
Wilmington, DE, and Brooklyn, NY
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Tragedy
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age,Happy Ending,Meaningful Message
Mature Audience Themes
Extreme Violence, Language/Profanity
Main Character Details
Name: Nicky Fusco
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Badass,Modest,Confident,Decisive,Faithful,Honorable,Leader
Additional Character Details
Name: Frankie Donovan
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Masculine,Confident,Decisive,Faithful,Honorable,Leader
Additional Character Details
Name: Tony Sannullo
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Role: antagonist
Key Traits: Masculine,Aggressive,Narcisstic,Villainous,Complex,Power Hungry,Criminal
Additional Character Details
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Development Pitch
NICKY FUSCO drives to Nino Tortella’s house and waits. Nino walks in, and is beaten with a bat and murdered. To confuse the medical examiner., Nicky sprinkles DNA evidence from multiple people before leaving. Detective FRANKIE DONOVAN investigates and finds evidence pointing to people from his old neighborhood, and that’s his worst nightmare. Years ago, Frankie, Nicky, and TONY grew up together as youngsters in an Italian neighborhood: stealing cigarettes, working for wise guys, and taking an oath of friendship & honor. Nicky says if anyone breaks that oath, they’ll die. Nicky falls in love with ANGELA at the age of fifteen, but then he gets involved in a gang fight. He shoots a rival who kills his friend, Tommy. Nicky is arrested and sent to prison. Ten years later, Nicky is released from prison and goes to see Tony, now a mobster in N.Y. Tony introduces Nicky to TITO, an organized crime boss. Nicky tells Tito he will do anything as long as he can make money to get Angela back. Tito tells Nicky he wants him to become a hitman’s apprentice. Nicky accepts and kills three men who owe Tito money. Tony suggests Tito use Nicky to take care of a woman (GINA) who is blackmailing Tito, because he knows that Nicky will probably say no. Secretly, Tony knows that sooner or later, Nicky will find out that Tony raped Angela, and he wants to get rid of Nicky before that happens. Nicky agrees to kill Gina, but he can’t go through with it; instead, he helps her escape. Gina is shot