George DiCenzo dominates this Law And Order episode as a Shylock without conscience who has found an almost full proof method of securing his loans. Even loan sharks occasionally take a loss with a bad investment. But DiCenzo has found a way to secure his collateral.
It's very simple he has the clients take out an insurance policy making his company with the innocent sounding name of Beechwood Loan Corporation the beneficiary. You don't pay you get killed and he makes back a lot of money on his investment. And the kicker is that if you are delinquent in your payments you can get a payment or three or a rise in interest forgotten.
It all starts to unravel for DiCenzo when Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt get a case of a woman killed with a shotgun blast to the back in the parking garage of her Co-op. A chance notice that she bears a resemblance to Dana Reeve who is later killed herself starts the whole investigation.
Big kudos should also go to Victor Argo as a man caught up in this insidious racket who did a couple of killings to get money shaved off his loan on his auto repair shop in the Bronx. He's both frightening and pitiful at the same time.
But you will not forget George DiCenzo as 'Bunny' Russo the loan shark with a twist.
It's very simple he has the clients take out an insurance policy making his company with the innocent sounding name of Beechwood Loan Corporation the beneficiary. You don't pay you get killed and he makes back a lot of money on his investment. And the kicker is that if you are delinquent in your payments you can get a payment or three or a rise in interest forgotten.
It all starts to unravel for DiCenzo when Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt get a case of a woman killed with a shotgun blast to the back in the parking garage of her Co-op. A chance notice that she bears a resemblance to Dana Reeve who is later killed herself starts the whole investigation.
Big kudos should also go to Victor Argo as a man caught up in this insidious racket who did a couple of killings to get money shaved off his loan on his auto repair shop in the Bronx. He's both frightening and pitiful at the same time.
But you will not forget George DiCenzo as 'Bunny' Russo the loan shark with a twist.