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the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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The film is based on the true story of Joseph ‘Lupo’ Rulli (Interdonato), a legendary New Jersey boxer plagued with polio before his career peaks, who then rises as a mobster in the Bonanno Crime family, while his older brother Dennis (Stahl) becomes a decorated State Policeman in the same town.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Detail of the ceiling mural of the Basilica of Regina Pacis, possibly depicting the mobster Joe Profaci with his fedora.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
There, surrounded by mobsters, the future moviemaker embraced Catholicism and the Italian code of omertà.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The Boston College case came to light only after mobster Henry Hill (of Goodfellas fame) confessed after he was arrested on drug charges and entered witness protection.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Detail of the ceiling mural of the Basilica of Regina Pacis, possibly depicting the mobster Joe Profaci with his fedora.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
There, surrounded by mobsters, the future moviemaker embraced Catholicism and the Italian code of omertà.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
The Boston College case came to light only after mobster Henry Hill (of Goodfellas fame) confessed after he was arrested on drug charges and entered witness protection.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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mobster
noun
mob·ster
ˈmäb-stər 
: a member of a criminal gang
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