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Goodfellas (1990)
THE STIFF Stacks Edwards, thief and Mob associate
CAUSE OF DEATH Gunshot
SCENE OF THE CRIME Ordered to hide the truck used in the notorious Lufthansa heist, Stacks instead leaves it where police easily discover it. Before the trail can lead to him, Mafia soldier Tommy (Joe Pesci) pays him a wake-up call at home. Still getting dressed, Stacks is tying his shoes when Tommy empties a silencer-equipped pistol into the back of his head.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS ''You'll be late to your own f---ing funeral,'' says Tommy, just before he shoots.
POSTMORTEM Tommy's casual, unexpected execution of Stacks begins the bloodbath that sees most of the Lufthansa heist accomplices whacked. It also underscores the axiom of narrator Henry Hill (Ray Liotta): In the Mob, ''your murderers come with smiles.''
DEATH SCENE GRADE B-
EW MOVIE GRADE B (Read the review)
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