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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

The crime family formed 80 years ago and named after Vito Genovese has endured like no other.. The Genovese family has somehow avoided the top-level defectors who have hobbled all four of New York ...

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 ...

The Costello hit was the work of 60-year-old Don Vito Genovese, who was making a crazed play for boss-of-bosses supremacy. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 73°F.

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 ...