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The mini-series The Making of the Mob: New York traces the rise of organized crime in America since 1905, including the rise of Charles Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel.
25 June 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 April 1939, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 May 1944, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 November 1945, Hugoton, Kansas, USA
13 January 1966, Pensacola, Florida, USA
1965
5 December 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 10, 2015
The Mafia is one of those subjects in which fiction is stronger than truth. Although The Making of the Mob tries hard, it still feels like a pale imitation of the fake thing.
June 23, 2015
Mobster history series is entertaining, really violent.
June 17, 2015
Many Mafia classics have been faulted for glamorizing the criminal lifestyle; in that respect, the plodding "Making of the Mob" is a good antidote.
June 12, 2015
A lot of notorious names are shown doing bad things during The Making of the Mob, but sitting through the first few hours, it's that stoop-to-conquer mentality, more than anything else, that really seems criminal.
June 11, 2015
It's all handsomely produced and cogently told, even if the soundtrack and dramatizing can sometimes be akin to over-baked zitti.
