‘November 1963’ puts Chicago Outfit at center of JFK assassination
A new feature film about the Kennedy assassination puts the Chicago Outfit at the center of a plot to kill the nation’s 35th president. Directed by Roland Joffé, November 1963 stars John Travolta as mobster Johnny Rosselli, Jefferson White as accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and Mandy Patinkin as Outfit boss Tony Accardo. It also features Robert Carlyle as Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner with suspected Mob ties who fatally shot Oswald on live TV two days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The movie, filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is set to debut in theaters on December 4. The official details of ...
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Chicago crime boss Al Capone transferred to Alcatraz 90 years ago this month
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CIA, Mob team up to topple Fidel Castro in Paramount Plus docuseries ‘Mafia Spies’
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John Dillinger’s wooden gun and death mask preserve notorious moments in his life
On July 22, 1934, “Public Enemy Number One” – John Dillinger – was killed by federal agents moments after he…
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Scarface retains cult status with Al Pacino’s ‘iconic’ performance
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The life and crimes of a Sinaloa sicario
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Oscar-winning ‘On the Waterfront’ premiered 70 years ago, with Marlon Brando as a dockworker confronting the Mob
On the Waterfront, which debuted 70 years ago this summer, is a ground-breaking tale about dockworkers standing up to a…
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In 1980s New York, the Mob had its hands in everything — even a museum
This is The Mob Museum, but it has never been a mobbed-up museum. As surprising as it may seem, that…
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