Genovese Crime Family

One of the small details Alto Knights got right about Costello was a name some of his friends used to call him. It’s not written about much and I heard it from Diamond Jim Moran’s son who said his dad used to call Frank, Cheech. Both Anastasia and The Boot refer to Frank as Cheech in the film.

The most notorious power struggles in the history of organized crime as Vito Genovese and Frank Costello—two of the most powerful mafia bosses in America—battle for control of New York's underground. Starting with Frank Costello's glamorous rise as a “gentleman gangster” who transformed the Luciano family into a multi-million-dollar empire, this story takes a dark turn as his old ally Vito Genovese returns from exile with ruthless ambitions of his own.

Powerful captain of the old Luciano Family Giuseppe "Joe Adonis" Doto, pictured in his much later years following his deportation to Italy in 1956.