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,” ...

"[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 ...

That's what we've got in "The Alto Knights" (in theaters Friday), the true story of friends-turned-enemies Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. De Niro was initially cast to play Costello ...

“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 ...

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The Alto Knights is a crime thriller based on a true story starring Robert De Niro in dual roles as rival 1950s underworld leaders, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. The film, directed by Barry ...

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.