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‘November 1963’ puts Chicago Outfit at center of JFK assassination

The film November 1963 dramatizes the theory that the Chicago Outfit played a role in both John F. Kennedy’s election as president and his assassination. In the film, John Travolta, left, plays mobster Johnny Rosselli and Dylan McDermott plays hitman Charles “Chuckie the Typewriter” Nicoletti. Entertainment Pictures / Alamy Stock Photo
October 29, 2026

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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Con man “Count” Victor Lustig, pictured here in federal custody, had his career cut short in August 1935. Courtesy of Cipollini Collection

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In Mafia: The Old Country, a new release from 2K Games, you play as Enzo Favara, center, who rises through the ranks of the Sicilian Mafia in the first decade of the 20th century. 2K Games

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Since getting out of prison in 2024, Owen Hanson has reconnected with his former USC teammates and coaching staff. Here he poses with Tino Dominguez, USC’s equipment manager for the last 35 years. Courtesy of Owen Hanson / @theofficialcakid

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Despite his extensive body count, Detroit hitman Chester Wheeler Campbell was convicted of murder only once in 1955. Campbell is pictured here following a 1975 arrest. Courtesy of Cipollini Collection

‘Dr. Death,’ notorious Detroit contract killer, committed first murder 70 years ago

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Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana killed 50 years ago

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In 1961, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was subpoenaed to testify before a Senate Rackets Subcommittee after Oregon football player Mickey Bruce told the panel about Rosenthal attempting to bribe him to throw a game the year before. Rosenthal refused to answer any questions. Corbis

Lefty Rosenthal’s alleged sports-fixing past recalled in national sports story

In the 1970s, Mickey Bruce, a former University of Oregon football player, was called to Nevada to testify against Mob…

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