Robert De Niro's new film The Alto Knights is based on a real-life rivalry between two notorious mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.

The Alto Knights,' which stars Robert De Niro as 20th-century mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, is out March 21 Robert De Niro takes on dual roles in his latest crime drama. On Tuesday ...

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Warner Brothers is previewing The Alto Knights, starring Robert De Niro as both Frank Costello and Vito ...

Sounds about right. But this time, he’s playing both lead roles: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. De Niro will double his acting expertise in The Alto Knights, a crime drama inspired by the ...

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 ...

The story revolves around Vito Genovese (played by De Niro) and Frank Costello (also De Niro), two key figures of organized crime who ran separate crime families.

It was during the early 1957 when Vito Genovese ordered the assassination of Frank Costello. He hired the infamous mobster Vincent Gigante, who shot Costello on May 2, 1957.

Recently, a trailer for the upcoming film “The Alto Knights” was released. The film has Robert De Niro playing both Vito ...