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Previously on 'The Making
of the Mob: New York'...

Charles 'Lucky'
Luciano and his crew...

Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel,

Frank Costello,
and Vito Genovese...

have risen from the chaotic
streets of New York City

to build a nationwide
criminal empire.

All right, drink
up! Alla salute!

Salute!
- God bless.

And at the height of his power,

Luciano expands his operation...

into the dangerous
business of prostitution.

It's a dirty business.

It's a business.
- It's trouble.

But when Luciano
gets too invested,

Special Prosecutor
Thomas Dewey...

What do you have on Luciano?

...seizes the opportunity

to take down the kingpin
of the New York underworld.

We are entirely prepared
to prosecute Lucky Luciano.

The only problem is that
he has fled to Arkansas.

After months on the run,
Luciano is finally arrested

and forced to face
Thomas Dewey in court.

Court will come to order.

After days of damning testimony
from over 50 prostitutes...

Let the record show that the witness
is pointing at Charles 'Lucky' Luciano.

...Luciano makes the
unprecedented move

to take the stand
in his own defense,

a decision that could
destroy the Mafia...

Mr. Luciano.
- ...forever.

♪ This ain't no time ♪

♪ To feel sorry for myself ♪

♪ I can't help it ♪

♪ 'Cause there's nobody else ♪

♪ And I'll walk these streets ♪

♪ With your name on my tongue ♪

♪ I dare not speak ♪

♪ Only there it belongs ♪

♪ There's got to
be a better way... ♪

♪ Better way. ♪

After years of building a case
against the New York Mafia,

Prosecutor Thomas
Dewey is finally face-to-face

with the most powerful
Mob boss in America,

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano.

With the fate of the underworld
hanging in the balance,

Luciano makes an
unprecedented move

and takes the stand
in his own defense.

From a lawyer's point of view,

it's a terrible mistake to put a
Mafia member on the witness stand

because they think
they're very smart

and they're not as
smart as the lawyer.

They think they can get away with
what they usually get away with in life,

which is to charm.

And when you have
the judge telling you,

'No, you've gotta
answer that question,'

it's a little different than being able
to talk your way out of something.

Mr. Dewey.

Mr. Luciano...

you've denied any
acquaintance at all

with any of the young
women who have testified

as to your involvement
in the prostitution racket.

Is that correct?
- Yes.

Mr. Luciano...

your tax records indicate
that you made $22,000

over the last four years

and yet you live
in a massive suite

in the Waldorf-Astoria, New
York's most expensive hotel.

How is that possible?

I got a good deal.

Yes, I suppose it
would have to be.

You've denied any
acquaintance at all

with any of the individuals
that I've mentioned,

including Al Capone.

Yeah.

Then how do you explain...

phone records

from your residence
at the Waldorf

showing calls to all
of these individuals,

including Mr. Capone in Chicago?

Someone else must've
been using my phone.

Honestly, Mr. Luciano...

do you really expect this jury
to believe, given your history,

that you have never
made the acquaintance

of notorious mobster Al Capone?

They believe what
they're led to believe.

So...

every one of the
nearly 70 witnesses

who have testified
against you is a liar

and only you, Charles
'Lucky' Luciano,

are telling the truth?

I have no reason to lie to
anyone in this courtroom.

Gentlemen of the jury,

what you see before
you is a simple display

of sanctimonious perjury.

At the end of which
I'm sure not one of you

has any doubt that before
you sits not a gambler,

not a bookmaker,

not just one of the most
powerful gangsters in America...

but a common pimp...

guilty of forcing
women into prostitution.

I've nothing
further, Your Honor.

Order.

The worst witnesses
in their own defense

are very often, they say,
Mafia members and politicians

'cause they lie so much.

When you get away
with lying so much,

you don't realize that when
there's a really smart, tough guy

on the other end of it,

you can get absolutely
destroyed on the witness stand.

With time running out,

Luciano knows that if
he wants to sway the jury,

he'll need to exercise his
power outside the courtroom.

Lucky's defense team
took an unorthodox route

and tried to bribe a juror.

I think it's very difficult
for people in our time,

really, to understand
how widespread

corruption in New York
City at that time was.

They had substantial
segments of law enforcement

and the courts in their pockets.

And that is the way
they did business.

Mr. Foreman, has the
jury reached a verdict?

Yes, we have.

How say you,
gentlemen of the jury?

Do you find the defendant,
Luciano, guilty or not guilty?

We find the defendant

guilty as charged, Your Honor.

Tom Dewey put together
this case using prostitutes

and was able to successfully
prosecute Luciano,

which people thought
was impossible.

And he, in fact, had prosecuted

the most significant
member of the Mafia.

Luciano's attempt to buy
members of the jury fails...

and the notorious
gangster is found guilty

of 62 counts of
compulsory prostitution.

Tom Dewey was
looking to make himself

a major figure, and he did.

After his victory over Luciano,

Dewey's name makes
national headlines.

And his crime-fighting exploits

inspire a popular radio
show called 'Gang Busters.'

He became a national
figure for having become

a crime buster of
epic proportions.

This was built upon the
name that he made for himself

during Lucky's trial in 1936.

While Dewey enjoys the
spotlight in New York City...

350 miles away

in a remote town on
the border of Canada...

No. No. No, no! No. No!

No, sir.

...Lucky Luciano has
been sentenced to 50 years

in a maximum security prison.

I think my grandfather
was somewhat surprised

at the severity of the
sentence that Luciano got

on the prostitution charges.

But I don't think the idea
of having him in prison,

even for that length of time,
caused him to lose any sleep.

Luciano got, what, a
50, 60-year sentence

for being a pimp.

Certainly wasn't
sentenced simply as a pimp.

He was sentenced because he
was a major organized crime figure

in the United States.

Guys, it's Lucky Luciano.

When Luciano went to prison...

and they sent him to Dannemora,

which is the last
place he wanted to be,

this is not living in
the Waldorf Towers.

This is not going to
nightclubs every night.

This is not the world he wanted.

The most powerful
mobster in America

must now figure out
how to run his empire

from an 8x10-foot cell.

Lucky Luciano has begun
serving a 50-year sentence

in upstate New York.

But he knows
his crew in the city

is working tirelessly
on a plan to set him free.

Nobody thought at that point

that Luciano was gonna
be in prison for 40 years.

Everybody was convinced
that he would win on an appeal

and he would be out.

♪ Collegiana, see
how it's done... ♪

As his lawyers
fight for an appeal,

Luciano's crew funnels
him enough money

to put the prison
guards on his payroll.

Luciano practically
ran the prison he was in.

Wine?
- What do you have?

People took care of him.

He might be behind bars,

but he certainly wasn't
in solitary confinement.

Pepper?

Sure.

Luciano would
get the best steaks

and the best chopped meat,

like in the scene
in 'Goodfellas'

with Pauly Sorvino cutting
the garlic with a razor blade.

And it's like... I think
it's like a little vacation.

Not that I wanna go on
that kind of a vacation.

With the prison guards paid off,

Luciano enjoys the
luxuries of the outside world,

including better
clothing, top-notch booze,

and furniture from home.

I was in Lewisburg
Federal Penitentiary in 1974.

The Italian Mob ran the prison.

Whatever we wanted,
we could have...

whatever food we wanted,
whatever booze we wanted.

Even the warden knew that
the Italians ran the prison.

With direct phone
access to New York,

the Mob boss can also
run his business from his cell

and his associates can
come and go as they please.

What's going on with
my appeal, Meyer?

I gotta get the
hell out of here.

I'm starting to go stir-crazy.

Charlie, we're working on it.
- You're working on it.

I'd like to see if one of
you guys were in here

and I tell you
I'm working on it.

What would you say, Frank, huh?

Charlie, what do
you want us to do?

It's gonna take some time.

We need to throw
some money at it, but...

we can't press too hard.

Just sit tight. We're
gonna get you out of here.

Back in New York,

all major rulings are made
by the Mafia's governing board

known as the Commission...

run by the heads of the
five New York families.

Why is this not gonna be an
issue? Why does he not care?

But in Luciano's absence,

the four remaining bosses
still meet in New York

and must run their decisions
by the criminal kingpin

350 miles upstate.

Luciano knows he needs stronger
representation at the Commission

and until he can find
his way out of prison,

he'll have to name an
acting boss of his family.

It's not easy being a person
who's an organized crime figure

because if they're at the top,

there's always
somebody out there

looking to knock
them off their perch,

other families of these figures
who wanna take your family's place.

There's an awful lot of pressure
on you to keep your position.

Faced with the biggest
decision of his life,

he turns to his closest
advisor, Meyer Lansky.

How's the family?

They're doing good.

You ask me, Frank's got a
lot more even hand than Vito.

What set the Italians apart
from the Irish and Jewish gangs

was the Irish and Jewish
gangs had no framework,

and Lucky said, 'We've
gotta have a structure.'

The organization is supreme

that even the boss
can be replaced.

But the family must
function forever.

With the Mafia's strict
Sicilian code still in place,

Luciano knows the Jewish
gangster can't be his acting boss.

Instead, he'll have to pick
between the two Italian higher-ups

in his inner circle...

Frank Costello
and Vito Genovese.

Frank Costello was
a gentleman gangster.

Between Vito and him,

Frank was the more
intelligent, the more gentlemanly,

the more urbane.

He was working at an IQ
level several rungs above Vito.

Costello was the total
opposite of Vito Genovese.

And Vito Genovese was
almost a classical hoodlum.

Tough guy. Killed
at the merest whim.

Frank Costello is one of
Luciano's closest advisors,

the man who gave Luciano
his first break in the Mob...

while Vito Genovese has
been a ruthless but loyal ally

for over a decade.

Luciano's choice will determine
the success of his crime family

and the future of
the American Mob.

You both know why you're here.

Now, I respect
both of you equally.

Thank you.

But I'm naming Vito
head of the Luciano family.

Thank you, Charlie.

You won't regret this.

Congratulations, Vito.

Thanks, Frank.

Vito, give me a sec to
talk with Frank, all right?

You got it.

Let's have a drink.

You don't have to explain.
- Yes, I do.

I want you to run
the business, Frank.

I named Vito head of the family.

'Cause if I put you in charge,
you'd have a big target on your back.

I want you to stay
alive, you understand?

Let Vito have all the headaches,
make all the decisions.

I understand.

And thank you, Charlie.

Salute.

Costello was his friend.

Frank Costello was a gentleman.

Genovese, he was a strong-arm.

He was a bad, bad guy.

But he was good at what he did.

With his promotion
to acting boss,

Vito Genovese finally has
the power he's been waiting for,

and he's prepared to rule
the Mob with an iron fist.

Lucky Luciano has
come up with a plan

to keep his empire
running while he's in prison.

He's named Vito
Genovese as his acting boss

and Frank Costello
as Vito's underboss.

Luciano's still
calling the shots...

but Costello and Genovese
carry out his orders,

working together to make
sure the business runs smoothly.

But from the beginning,

Genovese lets the power
go straight to his head.

I don't care who it is, but
just get somebody good on it.

Genovese starts living like
a king, flaunting his power

in the city's most expensive
restaurants and nightclubs.

Being a Mob boss, it's like
being a rock and roll star.

I mean, this is what
attracts groupies.

This is what attracts women.

Genovese is on top of the world

and is convinced he can
have any woman he wants.

But the one who
catches his eye...

is his cousin, Anna Petillo.

So what do you want?

After courting Anna for months,

Genovese and his
cousin fall in love.

But to be together,

Genovese will have to take care of
the one man who stands in his way...

Anna's husband.

♪ Let's have a nightcap ♪

♪ Let down your hair... ♪

♪ Let's have a moment ♪

♪ And just to be fair ♪

♪ I haven't told you ♪

♪ This won't take too long... ♪

♪ Maybe you're right ♪

♪ Maybe I'm wrong... ♪

♪ I say be patient ♪

♪ And maybe slow down... ♪

Two weeks after ordering
the murder of her husband,

Vito Genovese
marries Anna Petillo.

His wife, whom I met,

'cause he used
to own the 82 Club

and I used to go there,

he whacked her husband
in order to marry her.

She was supposed to
have been a great beauty.

Otherwise, why would he
have, you know, uh... you know.

Did your old husband give
you champagne in bed?

What do you think?

Ah, I don't think he did.

Never.

He never gave
me anything in bed.

Hmm, dumb bastard.

Under Genovese's reign,

the structure of Luciano's
crime family begins to collapse...

as Genovese starts
playing by his own rules...

Look at these.

...wasting money...

I love them.

...abusing his authority...

I killed the bear myself for ya.

...and eliminating anyone
who disagrees with him.

All without the approval
of the Commission.

Where's the money coming in?

He said it was gonna be
one million, now it's six million.

But at the rate that
he's going, forget it.

Names all over the place.
This looks... makes us look bad.

But in his quest to
assert his power...

...Genovese is getting sloppy.

This thing of ours,
this is a private thing.

It ain't no good if
we're in the public.

Knowing Genovese's behavior
is affecting all the crime families,

Costello realizes he has to get
his own family's boss under control.

I think a lot of wiseguys
have an impulsive disorder.

If they don't get what
they want, they get angry.

Sometimes they make a
bad name for the families

because they're so impulsive.

Vito, your work's
getting sloppy lately.

Listen, don't talk about...
- Can't have bodies in the street

like that.
- ...my work being sloppy.

You're too soft, Frank, all right?
- I'm soft?

You're soft.
- Vito, you're stupid, okay?

I'm stupid? Who are
you calling stupid, Frank?

Listen to me...
- I'll put two in your head,

you understand me?

We'll see who's stupid, Frank.
- Get your finger out of my face.

All right, I'm scared.
- Get outta here.

I'm shakin'.

The more Costello
tries to rein in Genovese,

the more out of control
the gangster becomes.

What exactly happened with Vito?

He's greedy, he's
reckless, he's careless.

I told you Vito wasn't
gonna be a good boss.

He dug his grave.

What are we gonna do?

It's time for
something to happen.

Luciano knows Vito Genovese
has become a major liability...

and he needs to find a
way to keep him in check.

But before Luciano
can get to Genovese,

a mobster looking
to reduce his jail time

comes forward with
information on a murder

that has the potential to
destroy Luciano's crime family.

I have some information.

I saw the hit and I
know who ordered it.

I was there.

He's someone you
wanna take down.

But I need a deal

and I need protection.

By all means, continue.

The man who ordered the hit...

was Vito Genovese.

Thomas Dewey has already
taken down Lucky Luciano.

Now he has a witness
who is willing to testify

against the new boss of
the Luciano crime family,

Vito Genovese.

Genovese took over the family.

But Genovese got into
trouble over another murder...

of many... that there was...

suddenly a witness was
found who could implicate him.

Dewey files murder charges
against Vito Genovese.

The acting boss of the
Luciano crime family

is now in Dewey's crosshairs.

It isn't long before Luciano's
second-in-command,

Frank Costello, is tipped
off about the warrant.

Hello?

Genovese must make
a crucial decision.

He can either fight the charges
and try to keep his power as boss

or he can go on the run.

Take care of yourself, Vito.

You promise?

Less than a year after
becoming acting boss,

Vito Genovese is forced
to return to his homeland

to escape Thomas Dewey.

So Vito's in Italy.

That stupid prick.

The hell's the
matter with this guy?

Frank... you know
what this means?

Can you handle it?

I can handle it.

Frank Costello is a very
interesting Mafia figure.

Maybe one of the
most interesting.

As opposed to Vito,

Costello was considered by
Luciano and by Meyer Lansky

to be very intelligent
and very gentlemanly.

With Genovese
out of the picture,

Frank Costello becomes
the new acting boss

of the Luciano crime family.

A mobster who becomes a leader

has to have a presence

and he has to have
a type of charisma

so that most of these
minions will follow him.

And they work on it.

It's just almost like an
actor developing skills.

With Frank Costello as
the newly-appointed boss,

business is once
again running smoothly.

With everything under control,

Luciano decides
it's time to expand

90 miles off the coast
of Florida in Cuba.

Luciano sees a huge opportunity to
expand his family's gambling empire.

He sends Meyer Lansky to
convince the new Cuban leader,

who's just risen to
power after a violent coup,

to let the Mob build a
casino in downtown Havana.

Generale Batista.

Mr. Lansky. Welcome.

Fulgencio Batista will go on

to dominate Cuban
politics for 20 years

as a corrupt and
violent dictator.

My grandfather was
planning with Batista

to put in multi casinos,
not just the Havana Riviera.

One time I asked him personally,

I said, 'What was
Batista like, in one word?'

And he said, 'Greedy.'

He said you could not
pay that man enough.

While Lansky works
the Cuban leader...

Luciano has sent Bugsy
Siegel to Los Angeles

to set up a stronghold
for the New York Mob.

A lot of people think

Bugsy went to
Hollywood from New York

because he wanted
to be in movies.

But his real reason
for going out to LA

was part of a Mob plan.

The plan is for Bugsy
Siegel to take control

of the Hollywood labor unions.

Bugsy focused on the
projectionists' union.

It's like a choke point.

If you shut off the projectionists,
you shut down the whole industry.

Then you have incredible leverage
about getting what you want.

Costello has effectively grown

the Luciano family's
businesses and profits.

But he's about to
face a serious test...

as one of the founders
of Murder, Inc. is arrested

and has information
that could bring down

the entire American Mafia.

Lucky Luciano has
named Frank Costello

the new acting boss of
the Luciano crime family,

and business is
better than ever.

Costello is overseeing
Luciano's plans

to expand the
crime family's empire

to Cuba and California.

But the biggest threat they'll
face is about to come from within.

Abe Reles is a founding
member of Murder, Inc.,

the Mob's squad
of notorious hit men

comprised of Jewish gangsters
like Bugsy Siegel and Louis Lepke.

Over the past 10 years,

Murder, Inc. has killed
more than 1,000 men

and built a reputation for
meticulously covering their tracks.

But when Abe Reles retaliates

after his girlfriend is
raped by a rival gangster...

...he gets sloppy in
the heat of the moment

and leaves a trail of
incriminating evidence.

You wanted to see me?

I wanna walk.

Tall order.

I'll give you 50 guys.

Albert Anastasia.

Mm-hmm.

Bugsy Siegel.

You got him.

Reles begins naming names...

giving Thomas Dewey
the evidence he needs...

to take down all of Murder, Inc.

Abe Reles becomes a rat.

And he went in
and he cut a deal,

testifying against Albert Anastasia,
the 'Lord High Executioner.'

And who is the next guy
Reles was gonna testify against?

It was Bugsy Siegel.

Siegel's been sent to California

to set up their rackets
on the West Coast.

And while he should be gaining
control of the labor unions...

he's becoming more
and more interested

in rubbing shoulders
with Hollywood's elite.

Siegel begins frequenting
movie premieres and parties,

the kind attended by
stars like Gary Cooper,

Clark Gable, and Cary Grant.

Bugsy Siegel knew
celebrities. He loved celebrities.

They kind of loved the
idea of hanging out with him.

This is a gangster.
He's glamorous.

He's different.

But his real reason for going
out to LA was not to party.

They wanted to get in
on the stagehands' unions,

because if you
controlled the stagehands,

you control the movie industry.

But when word gets out

that Reles has been
ratting on Murder, Inc.,

Costello orders
Siegel to go into hiding.

Reles is talking, Charlie.

He knows about the rackets,
the brothels, the unions.

He knows about
Bugsy's hit in LA.

He knows everything.

So what are you
waiting for, Frank?

Get it done now.

In the fall of 1941,

the fate of the Five Families
rests in the hands of Frank Costello.

While Costello's been a
smart and diplomatic boss,

some members of the Commission

begin to doubt he's
tough enough for the job.

The real, true bosses
were very, very ruthless.

You have to be ruthless.
You can't be afraid...

you can't be afraid
to hurt people.

Costello knows if he doesn't
take out his own hit man,

Abe Reles's testimony

could dismantle
the American Mafia.

Abe Reles wound up
being one of the biggest rats

in underworld history.

And he did incredible damage.

He gutted Murder, Incorporated.

He put many guys
in the electric chair.

So, obviously, if you're a
mobster and wanna live,

what you gotta do
is kill Abe Reles.

But before Costello can
order the hit on Reles...

he has to find him.

In the fall of 1941,

with Abe Reles spilling
the Mob's secrets...

acting boss Frank Costello
knows he has to track down Reles

and order the hit.

Guys, I... I need a
favor. I need a big favor.

All right? I gotta cash in...

After years of making inroads

with New York City's
politicians, judges, and policemen,

Frank Costello is finally
in a position to collect.

I understand.

In an effort to
track down Reles,

Costello puts the heat on
his sources around the city.

Finally, he gets the
break he's been waiting for.

Costello learns
that law enforcement

is hiding its most
valuable informant

in a heavily guarded
hotel room in Coney Island.

There was an incredible
incentive to kill him.

The police knew that.

So they put him in this hotel
called the Half Moon Hotel

and they had 16 police
officers guarding Reles.

He was never alone.

When he'd sleep, a guy was
supposed to be sitting in the room.

When he was in the bathroom,
there was a guy right outside the door.

And when he would testify,

they'd bring him to and
from court in an armored car.

Getting to Reles will
be next to impossible,

but Costello knows
he has to find a way.

Reles...

come check out the view.

Hey, fellas, what gives?

Call it in.

Prisoner died trying to escape.

Frank Costello knew he
had his political influence.

He had tentacles,

not only into the police department,
but into the political system.

Even when he made these
pretenses at being so sophisticated,

he was ordering hits.

I mean, he might
not do the dirty work,

but someone did
the dirty work for him.

The death of Abe Reles makes
headlines around the country

as the man willing to snitch
on the New York underworld

is silenced.

Abe Reles was an informant

and he was gonna testify
against Murder, Incorporated.

This is stuff that
we grew up with

and the Mob guys made
sure these legends continued.

They wanted us to know
what the penalties were.

What's so funny?

Nothing.

What are you smiling about?

It's just a funny
story in the paper.

About what?

Some guy tried to
climb out a window.

He fell and died.

Oh, that's funny?

Yeah, it's pretty funny.

That's nice, Frank.

Very nice.

In a single move,

Frank Costello has
solidified his authority

as the head of
the Luciano family.

Now Luciano is certain
the system he's built works.

But as he faces the remainder
of his 50-year sentence,

Luciano is determined to
find a way to get out of prison.

And his opportunity
may come from a battle...

...soon to be waged
halfway around the world.