Tag: Mob

  • The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1997)

    The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1997)

    Narrated by Paul Sorvino, ‘The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’ documents in great detail one of the most infamous days in American history when on Valentine’s day in 1929, the streets of Chicago ran with blood as the gangs of Al Capone and Bugs Moran battled to the death…

  • Inside the Mafia: The Godfathers (2005)

    Inside the Mafia: The Godfathers (2005)

    Part of National Geographic’s ‘Inside The Mafia’ series, ‘The Godfathers’ chronicles the lives of two mafia godfathers: John Gotti, aka “dapper Don”, the streetwise, publicity-loving head of the Gambino family in New York and Toto Riina, the psychopathic head of the Sicilian Mafia…

  • The Fight: A Dirty Business (2010)

    The Fight: A Dirty Business (2010)

    This BBC documentary tells the story of how throughout the history of boxing, the sports biggest fight has been against the world of ‘organized crime’… chronicles the story of boxer Jake ‘The Bull’ LaMotta, Sonny Liston and others…

  • The Kennedys and the Mob (1993)

    The Kennedys and the Mob (1993)

    Decades after his death, the controversy still rages: Who killed JFK?… In 1979, the ‘House Select Committee on Assassinations’ pointed a not-too-forceful finger in the direction of the mob as the most likely culprit… A&E’s ‘American Justice’ investigative crime series takes a closer look into those connections between the Kennedys and the mafia….

  • Ten Commandments of the Mafia (2004)

    Ten Commandments of the Mafia (2004)

    During a 2007 raid on Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the reputed new boss of the Sicilian Mafia in Italy, police made an astonishing discovery: a list of the Mafia’s most sacred laws, a cherished code of conduct for the Mob. In this Discovery documentary, former Mobsters speak out about the rules that govern their criminal world;…

  • Death of the Don (2011)

    Death of the Don (2011)

    ‘The Fifth Estate’, CBC’s terrific investigative journalism series, takes on the Rizzutos – Montreal’s top mafia family by investigating the question: ‘Who’s killing the Rizzutos?’ … their investigation leads the viewer into the secret, criminal world of organized crime in Montreal.