Robert De Niro's returns to the mob movie genre with "The Alto Knights," and it's hitting theaters on Friday. De Niro pulls double duty in the biographical drama, as he stars two of New York's most notorious crime bosses,

The great veteran of Mafia roles, cast as the rival bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, anchors Barry Levinson’s exploration of mid-century Mob life.

Genovese was known for street crime and violence to get what he wanted. “He was more on the thug side of organized crime,” says Schumacher. He was an underboss to Lucky Luciano, who took control of the mafia in America in 1931 after killing the New York boss Joe Masseria.