Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Maria, and his allegiance to Carlo Gambino.
Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice between his duties as a police officer, his love for Maria, and his allegiance to Carlo Gambino.
The film focuses on a personal moral dilemma between family loyalty and individual choice within a criminal subculture, with its resolution emphasizing personal freedom and adherence to general lawfulness, rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie features a cast that aligns with traditional casting practices, predominantly featuring white and European-American actors in its main roles, without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on a crime drama without overtly critiquing traditional identities or centering on explicit diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Between Love and Honor sensitively portrays the challenges faced by gay service members under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It depicts a central same-sex relationship with dignity and empathy, framing the military policy as the source of conflict. The film affirms the worth of LGBTQ+ lives and love, despite the depicted struggles.
The film, set within an Italian-American community, uses Christian (Catholic) symbols and moral teachings as a backdrop. While individual characters may exhibit hypocrisy, the narrative implicitly affirms the moral virtues of Christianity by portraying characters' internal struggles and the negative consequences of violating these teachings, positioning the faith as a positive moral standard.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original TV movie and does not adapt characters from pre-existing source material, historical records, or previous installments. All characters are original to this production, thus precluding any gender swaps.
The film "Between Love and Honor" is an original TV movie, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. Its characters were created for this specific production and thus do not have a prior canonically or historically established race.
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