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Barbash
Barbash is the American lawyer hired by Cantabile to represent Charlie in the nuisance settlement against the producers of Caldofreddo.
Rinaldo Cantabile
Rinaldo Cantabile is a hoodlum with minor Mafia connections who enters Charlie’s life after a fateful game of poker at George Swiebel’s house. Cantabile chases Charlie down for stopping a check on him and then, seeing a potential cash cow, sticks close to Charlie, trying to help him in his own rough way. Cantabile is married to a well-to-do woman named Lucy who is attending...
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