The assassinations continue. The craziness continues. But it’s not without highlights to help keep this year from being all doom and gloom.

It started as a controversial novel, and then it became an equally risky film. How did this fare in the Hays Code era? How about nowadays?

In the late 60s, Albert Ruddy turned a Mafia book into what's to become one of the greatest films of all time. Where does this offer stand?