DeStefano, author of the biography, “The Deadly Don: Vito Genovese, Mafia Boss,” published in 2021. Genovese wasn’t in Middletown for long. He fled to Italy in January 1937 to escape a ...

De Niro will play not one, but two, different Italian mob bosses in the film who are based on real-life mafia rivals, Vito Genovese ... into the early 1960s, both Costello and Genovese faced ...

Here’s a look at how The Alto Knights tells the dramatic story of Frank Costello and Vito Genovese ... does agree to retire and step aside so Genovese can take over. Costello is shown living the good ...

The film is inspired by the real-life power struggle between Frank Costello and Vito Genovese ... Costello and Genovese worked closely under Luciano in the early 1930s, but their paths started ...

“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 ...

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." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP ...