Robert De Niro's new film The Alto Knights is based on a real-life rivalry between two of America's most notorious gangsters, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. The Alto Knights is directed by ...

The Alto Knights,' which stars Robert De Niro as 20th-century mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello ... mobsters Genovese and Costello worked for the Luciano crime family.

which later became the Genovese crime family. Frank Costello was a member of the Luciano crime family, who after moving to the United States, also joined the infamous mobster Lucky Luciano.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Warner Brothers is previewing The Alto Knights, starring Robert De Niro as both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. The movie is about the power struggle between the iconic gangsters.

De Niro stars in a double role as both mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, real-life kingpins of New York’s Genovese crime family. Alongside De Niro stars Debra Messing as Costello’s ...