The idea was first pitched in the 1970s, not long after the New York City crime lord Frank Costello, known as "the prime minister of the underworld," died at the age of 82.

The Oscar-winning actor plays gangsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese in a real-life crime film written by Nicholas Pileggi and co-starring Debra Messing. By Frank Scheck There are some good ...

Set in the 1950s when Genovese and Costello were captivating New York, much of The Alto Knights ’ true story is accurately depicted in this production. Even the movie’s title is a nod to the ...

Mobster Frank Costello operated in a dangerous business, but it was his attempts at mental peace that nearly got him killed. In the above exclusive clip from the “Making of the Mob” season ...

Robert De Niro plays both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in Barry Levinson's new film "The Alto Knights," about organized crime in New York City.

Robert De Niro’s crime biopic The Alto Knights streams on JioHotstar from August 21, 2025, bringing a gritty 1950s New York ...

In the 1940s, Frank Costello was known as the Prime Minister of the Underworld owing to his gentlemanly public manner, political connections, and patina of respectability. Costello used the mob ...

The rise of Frank Costello (born Francesco Castiglia) in the ranks of the Luciano crime family to eventual Mafia boss is that of popular culture lore, most notoriously perhaps as the possible ...

Notorious mobster Frank Costello passed away 43 years ago on February 18, and, although he was a bank-robbing gangster, in 1973 he died rather undramatically, felled by a heart attack at 82.

By Jay Maeder MAGISTRATE THOMAS Aurelio's nomination to the state Supreme Court wasn't the only thing Frank Costello had in his pocket. On Wednesday the 14th of June 1944, he had $27,200 cash in ...