"[The Alto Knights] was the end of how it all ended, and I thought Frank Costello and Vito Genovese told that story." Born January 26, 1891, Frank Costello moved from Italy to the United States ...

Costello expanded the racketeering and bootlegging operations to legitimate businesses. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Messing discussed Bobbie's influence on Frank as portrayed in the film.