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• Drama

The Alto Knights 2025

The 2025 American biographical crime drama film, The Alto Knights, is directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi, a duo with strong credentials in the gangster genre. The movie, which was released on March 21, 2025, centers on the real-life power struggle between two notorious 1950s New York mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, who were once close allies. In a central and much-discussed creative choice, Academy Award winner Robert De Niro plays a dual role as both Frank Costello, the "gentleman mobster" boss of the Luciano family, and his ambitious, ruthless rival Vito Genovese, who seeks to usurp control of the Mafia Commission. The plot follows the escalating conflict after a failed assassination attempt orchestrated by Genovese against Costello. Weary of the life, Costello expresses his intention to retire and pass control to Genovese, but the paranoid Genovese suspects a trick, leading to a deadly, silent war that culminates in the infamous 1957 Apalachin Meeting, which inadvertently exposed the inner workings of the American Mafia. The film's notable supporting cast includes Debra Messing as Frank's wife Bobbie Costello, Cosmo Jarvis as Vincent Gigante, and Kathrine Narducci as Vito's wife Anna Genovese. Read More

• 2025
• 2 h : 3 min
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