Otto Hasslein (Eric Braeden), was asked what was expected from the historic meeting and he simply replied: "Fear.The assassins raided Memnon""s war camp at night, located the Sorcerer""s tent, but then found themselves in the middle of an ambush.Each of the film""s main characters, all Mafia apprentices, were introduced with a typed name (in CAPITAL letters) as a sub-title, in brief vignettes [Note: Sergio Leone""sThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)used the same technique earlier, as did later films such asReservoir Dogs (1992)andTrainspotting (1996)]:TONY (David Proval), known as Tony DeVienazo, the wise-guy, no-nonsense owner of the neighborhood bar known as Volpe""s Topless, who dragged a junkie shooting up in the restroom from he bathroom through the bar and out into the street (along with his dealer-pusher), and then reprimanded his ineffective bouncer George (Peter Fain); he also loved William Blake and kept a lion cub (referred to as a "tiger" or "panther") caged in the bar""s basementMICHAEL (Richard Romanus) - a low-level, shady Mafioso loan shark, known as Michael "Mikey" Longo; also a dealer of stolen and/or contraband products and equipment (i.Nothing wrong, just an overture to the opera that""s coming...but from hen on, you get it from cops, taxi drivers, bell boys, delicatessen dealers...Tom: Got what?Gerry: The Look! You know: (She mimics with a roll of her eyes.) ""How""s about this evening, babe?""Accustomed to living in materialistic luxury and spending extravagantly, she is relieved that the windfall has temporarily made them debt-free ("free and clean") and for a short while, they won""t be concerned with petty squabbles from landlords, butchers and grocers.