And for that, we can thank the notorious mobster, Vito Genovese. You got a problem with that? Genovese, the self-made gangster who made a ton of money running rackets in New York, was flush with cash ...

Genovese was known for street crime and violence to get what he wanted. “He was more on the thug side of organized crime,” ...

Directed by Barry Levinson, the movie The Alto Knights shows Robert De Niro playing mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, whose friendship fades as they wage a brutal war with each other ...

Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia leaders who grew to power in tandem ...

"[The Alto Knights] was the end of how it all ended, and I thought Frank Costello and Vito Genovese told that story." (L-R) Robert De Niro as Vito Genovese and Robert De Niro as Frank Costello in ...

In the other corner: Vito Genovese, Costello’s childhood friend and fellow racketeer, who had to leave town long ago because of a thing, and has now come home to resume his place in the Mafia ...

Review: ‘The Alto Knights’ brings together some of Hollywood’s finest—Robert De Niro, director Barry Levinson, and writer ...

“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. “The best actor in ...

Written by Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, The Alto Knights is inspired by the true story of the rivalry between Frank Costello and Vito Genovese—big names in organized crime in New ...

Because the man playing Vito in “The Alto Knights” is none other than Robert De Niro, indeed one of the best actors in the world, revered in our time as Gable was in his.