Each of them greets - often in Sicilian - the camera as it tracks fluidly and gracefully through the restaurant and leads the audience on a tour:Anthony Stabile (Frank Adonis)Frankie Carbone (Frank Sivero)Mo Black""s brother Fat Andy (Louis Eppolito)Frankie the Wop (Tony Lip)Freddy No Nose (Mikey Black)Pete the Killer (Peter Cicale)Nicky Eyes (John Manca)Mikey Franzese (Joseph Bono)Jimmy Two Times (Anthony Powers)The glamorous, macho life of socializing with other indulgent, high-status ""family"" members and ""wiseguys"" who lived on the cutting edge and splurged is intoxicating.Adam Stanton (Shepperd Strudwick) - a close childhood friend of Jack""s.At one of many fancy social occasions, a formal dinner, discussion flares over the direction of Jack""s troubled career choice and conflicting political viewpoints regarding Willie Stark""s populist message.He flirts back and inquires about lovebirds [and the human varieties of ""birds""], specifying his need for birds that are neither too "demonstrative" or "aloof" - "just friendly":Melanie: Lovebirds, sir?Mitch: Yes, I understand there are different varieties.The film was the precursor for another inspirational and popular film (and a similar adaptation of a Stephen King story by writer/director Frank Darabont) -The Green Mile (1999).I""m not frightened of a few weird cries.Now let""s get that ivory."They forge ahead on their journey even though the uneasy natives must be whipped to proceed.They follow the tracks of an elephant herd to the edge of a wide river.There, after building wo rafts, in an exciting scene, they cross the hippo-infested river.The herd of hippos capsizes one of the rafts, causing the deaths of two of the men by crocodiles.As they are threatened by the large animals - which follow them up the other side of the river bank - hey hear the strange jungle cry twice more, and the hippos appear o back off and return to the river in obedience to the sound.