Joe Rosen — Murder, Inc. Character Profile

About Joe Rosen

A local shop owner who refuses to pay extortion money to the syndicate. After being beaten by Lepke Buchalter, he becomes a key witness against the mob. To prevent his testimony, Lepke orders his subordinate Mendy Weiss to assassinate him, an execution that Joey Collins witnesses.

Character Facts

Played by

Eli Mintz

Appears in

Murder, Inc. (1960)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Joe Rosen — Conflict Extortion Target — Abe Reles (Peter Falk)

  Rosen is a targeted victim of the syndicate Reles serves.

• Joe Rosen — Conflict Extortion Target — Bug Workman (Warren Finnerty)

  Rosen falls victim to the syndicate's extortion campaign led by Bug's associates.

• Joe Rosen — Social Fellow Victim — Walter Sage (Morey Amsterdam)

  Both Sage and Rosen are business owners targeted by the same syndicate.

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• Joey Collins (Stuart Whitman)
• Eadie Collins (May Britt)
• Abe Reles (Peter Falk)
• William Tobin (Simon Oakland)
• Burton Turkus (Henry Morgan)
• Louis "Lepke" Bucholter (David J. Stewart)
• Bug Workman (Warren Finnerty)
• Walter Sage (Morey Amsterdam)
• Mendy Weiss (Joseph Bernard)
• Singer (Sarah Vaughan)
• Eadie's Killer (Bill Bassett)
• Betty Shaw (Dorothy Stinnette)