In inviting New York’s slick-haired Gambler Frank Costello to testify about gambling, the U.S. Senate had been strictly high class all the way: it had not only communicated with him in a manner ...

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Robert De Niro as Frank Costello and Debra Messing as Bobbie Costello in "The Alto Knights." Costello then became a well-known bootlegger during the Prohibition era.

Halley produced Costello’s 1925 naturalization papers, noted that he had failed to state he had once used the name Frank Severio, and that he had denied he had been in the bootlegging business.

Vito Genovese and Frank Costello both came to the New York after being born in Italy, then became involved in organized crime. Vito Genovese was 15 years old when he arrived in New York City from ...

Robert De Niro is renowned for his Mafia heavies, but in "The Alto Knights," he plays two real-life Mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.

The film sings when it’s in action, whether it’s Costello breaking with the family’s oath of silence and choosing not to plead the Fifth during his Senate testimony, or during an amusing ...

Robert De Niro as both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in ‘The Alto Knights.’ Photo: Warner Bros. Good news for those who chafe at half-baked scripts: “The Alto Knights” has been in the ...

But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.

Justin Chang reviews Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights,” a Mafia tale based on actual events, in which Robert De Niro plays two rival mid-century Mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.