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An attempt on the life of Frank Costello, the boss of the Luciano crime family in New York, fails, and the man behind it is his ambitious underboss, Vito Genovese. The two were once close friends. Costello, tired of the bloodshed and betrayals that come with the life, tells Genovese that he intends to retire and hand over control of the family. Genovese, driven by ambition and paranoia, refuses to accept that the offer is genuine and suspects a ruse. Costello's wife is Bobbie. The distrust between the two men deepens, and the bosses move toward a deadly collision over control of the family.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Alto Knights (2025)
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- The Alto Knights spent decades in development: it was in the works from as early as the 1970s under the title Wise Guys and was passed on by every major studio before Warner Bros. greenlit it in August 2022.
- In its third weekend, The Alto Knights was pulled from 2,480 theaters down to 171, a 93.9% loss that was the 11th-largest such drop in box-office history.
- For The Alto Knights, the production used vehicle vinyl wraps on 1950s-era cars and trucks to make the vehicles look new in the film.
