Tag Archives: Robert De Niro

Crime Time Stories: ‘Casino: The REAL Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein/Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthal’

Posted on June 25, 2024 by kireschneider

Source:Crime Time Stories talking about the Frank Lefty Rosenthal Story. Actor Robert De Niro played him in Martin Scorsese’s Casino, from 1995. Source:The New Democrat “Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was a professional sports bettor who was the mob’s man in Vegas … Continue reading →

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All Things Film: Goodfellas- The Making Of A Classic

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Rik Schneider

Source: The Daily Review If you ask the people who were actually part of these Italian crime families in New York in the 1960s and 1970s when Goodfellas takes place, they’ll tell you watching this movie is like watching their … Continue reading →

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RYY: Heat (1995)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:RYY Heat is definitely one of my favorite movies, top 5-10 of all-time and perhaps the best movie of 1995 and even the 1990s as a whole. Which was a great decade for movies and 1995 was also the year … Continue reading →

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Movie Clips: Casino (1995)

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Rik Schneider

Source:The Daily Post Definitely the best Las Vegas Italian mafia movie all-time if not the best Italian mafia movie of all-time. It brought you into the world of the Italian mafia as well as the Jewish mafia that worked together … Continue reading →

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