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Mobsters is a 1991 American crime drama film directed by Michael Karbelnikoff. It details the creation of The Commission . Set in New York City , taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano , Meyer Lansky , Frank Costello , and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel .
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia [3] (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ s t eɪ ʒ ə /, Italian: [umˈbɛrto anastaˈziːa]; né Anastasio [anaˈstaːzjo]; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss.
Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901 – October 24, 1935) was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket.
Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr. (April 15, 1937 – September 13, 2017) [1] was an American actor and musician. [2] Known for often portraying violent mobsters and criminals, he was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, appearing as Salvy in Raging Bull (1980), Billy Batts in Goodfellas (1990), and Frank Marino in Casino (1995). [3]
Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant.
The film The Departed features an Irish mob boss named Frank Costello (played by Jack Nicholson) in present-day Boston. Nicholson's character is related to the real-life Costello in name only; the character was based on Boston mobster "Whitey" Bulger, with the film plot based on Infernal Affairs, a Hong Kong thriller film made in 2002.
Paul Anthony Sorvino (/ s ɔːr ˈ v iː n oʊ /, Italian: [sorˈviːno]; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. [1] He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law.
Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) [1] is an American actor. He is best known for his film roles in A Bronx Tale (1993), based on his play of the same name, Bullets Over Broadway (1994) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and The Usual Suspects (1995), as well as his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family (2010–2019).