Vito Genovese was 15 years old when he arrived in New York City from Naples, Italy. His first brush with the law came when he was 19, according to “The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese” by Pulitzer ...

Vito Genovese (Robert De Niro) doesn’t like what he’s hearing in “The Alto Knights.” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Happily, De Niro relies here on makeup, and not ...

Robert De Niro made Robert De Niro an offer he could not refuse when it came to taking on dual roles in The Alto Knights, his new crime thriller from acclaimed filmmaker and frequent collaborator ...

THE ALTO KNIGHTS follows the story of Frank Costello, an aging mob boss reflecting on his career, and the incidents that ...

While Vito Genovese survived the meeting, it was the beginning of the end for him. In 1959, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison after getting busted for heroin trafficking.

“I think he was harkening back to his days in Italy, where he grew up,” said Anthony M. DeStefano, author of the biography, “The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss,” published in 2021.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert De Niro as Vito Genovese, left, and Robert De Niro as Frank Costello in a scene from "The Alto Knights." Credit: AP We begin in 1957 in ...

When this story begins in 1957, the acting boss of the Luciano crime family is ready to quit or die trying. Frank's childhood best friend - the hot-headed and increasingly paranoid Vito Genovese ...

Both Costello and his notorious friend-turned-rival, Vito Genovese, are played by the same actor - Robert De Niro. That's one way to liven up the formula, I suppose.

Vito Genovese was 15 years old when he arrived in New York City from Naples, Italy. His first brush with the law came when he was 19, according to “The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese” by Pulitzer ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her.