Robert De Niro's new film The Alto Knights is based on a real-life rivalry between two notorious mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.

When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit ...

It was during the early 1957 when Vito Genovese ordered the assassination of Frank Costello. He hired the infamous mobster Vincent Gigante, who shot Costello on May 2, 1957.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Warner Brothers is previewing The Alto Knights, starring Robert De Niro as both Frank Costello and Vito ...

De Niro stars in a double role as both mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, real-life kingpins of New York’s Genovese crime family. Alongside De Niro stars Debra Messing as Costello’s ...

De Niro is pulling double duty by starring as Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two of New York’s most nefarious crime bosses. Once friends, the two criminals become bitter rivals and eventually ...