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Men of Respect is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly.
Many of these films featured long-time actors well known for their roles as mobsters such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Chazz Palminteri. The most notable from the decade was the 1990 film Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Ray Liotta as real-life associate of the Lucchese crime family Henry Hill. Robert De Niro ...
10th & Wolf is a 2006 film about the Philadelphia crime family directed by Robert Moresco.It is based on a true story of a mob war in South Philadelphia.The film stars James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi and Brad Renfro and features appearances by Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Piper Perabo, Lesley Ann Warren, Tommy Lee, 1980s Italian comedian, singer, actor and director Francesco Salvi and Brian Dennehy.
Black Mass is a 2015 American biographical crime drama film about American mobster Whitey Bulger.Directed by Scott Cooper and written by Mark Mallouk and Jez Butterworth, it is based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's 2000 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob.
Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Black, was an American Mafia caporegime in the Bonanno crime family. He is known for unwittingly allowing FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone to become an associate in his crew and nearly having him become a "made man."
According to Variety, the screenplay for Crazy Joe was based on a series of articles on mafia wars by The New York Times reporter Nicholas Gage. [2] Director Carlo Lizzani stated that the reason he made the film was because he felt that Gallo's story was a mirror image of a character who was "typical of the '68 movements .
John Carneglia, "Johnny Carnegs" (born 1945) Sylvestro Carolla , "Silver Dollar Sam" (1896–1972) Charles Carrollo , "Charlie the Wop" (born Vincenzo Carrollo , 1902–1979)
The Black Hand is 'based on the real-life story of Joseph Petrosino, a New York City police lieutenant who traveled to Palermo, Italy, to investigate the Mafia. He was shot and killed by snipers on the evening of March 12, 1909.' In the movie, Irish-American J. Carrol Naish plays the heroic Italian-American lieutenant's character.