Donnie Brasco (1997) on Netflix
New York City, 1978. FBI agent Joseph Pistone works undercover as jewel thief Donnie Brasco. Aging enforcer Lefty Ruggiero vouches for him, and long absences strain his marriage to Maggie.
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Plot summary
Joseph D. Pistone, an FBI agent, takes the name Donnie Brasco and goes undercover in New York City, posing as a jewel thief from Florida. He wins the confidence of Lefty Ruggiero, an aging enforcer for the Bonanno family, who vouches for him, teaches him the rules of the Mafia and brings him around the men in his crew, among them Sonny Black, Nicky Santora and Paulie. Lefty is deep in debt and feels the family overlooks him, and the two become close. Donnie passes what he learns to the FBI through wiretap recordings, while his wife Maggie raises their three daughters alone.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Donnie Brasco (1997)
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SPOILER
The film's closing postscript says the evidence the real Joseph D. Pistone gathered as Donnie Brasco led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions, and that a $500,000 open contract is still on his head.
