Blast of Silence

Soulless, lonely, misogynist, racist Cleveland hitman Frankie Bono (played by Baron) is contracted to extract a NY mob boss, but the Christmas season preys on his conscience and propels him into a ferocious internal battle to become "human." It's a losing battle. Hailed as the "new Orson Welles" at the '61 Cannes festival, Baron has since become a prolific director of iconic 1960's and '70's TV sitcoms and cop shows, but it's the stripped-down, raw-nerved and impossibly bleak BLAST OF SILENCE he will forever be remembered for.