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The Alto Knights
Directed by
Barry Levinson
R
2025
2h 2m
Biography
,
Crime
,
and more
5.7
40%
71%
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Two of New York City's most notorious organized crime bosses vie for control of the city's streets. Once best friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals set them on a deadly collision course.
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Cast of The Alto Knights
Robert De Niro
Vito Genovese / Frank Costello
Debra Messing
Bobbie Costello
Cosmo Jarvis
Vincent Gigante
Kathrine Narducci
Anna Genovese
Michael Rispoli
Albert Anastasia
Michael Adler
Senator Tobey
Ed Amatrudo
Rudolph Halley
Joe Bacino
Joe Profaci
Anthony J. Gallo
Tommy Lucchese
Wallace Langham
Senator Estes Kefauver
Louis Mustillo
Joe Bonanno
Frank Piccirillo
Richie Boiardo
Matt Servitto
George Wolf
Robert Uricola
Tony Bender
Belmont Cameli
Frankie Boy
Carrie Lazar
LT. Trooper
James Ciccone
Carlo Gambino
Bob Glouberman
Victor Riesel
Jeffrey Grover
Judge Liebowitz
Jean Zarzour
Elsa Anastasia
Derek Polen
Politician
Abi Van Andel
Judge Peggy Cooper
Zach Meiser
Trooper Vasisko
Dennis Craig Hensley
The Majestic Doorman
Gary Chinn
Doorman
Greg Siewny
Politician
D.J. Stroud
Push Cart Vendor
Sydney Miles
Young Bobby Costello
Joseph Moreland
Juror
Antonio Cipriano
Young Vito
Brian Scolaro
Paul Castellano
Noah Bain Garret
Abe Telvi
Bryant Carroll
Local Reporter #1 Divorce
Jean Claude Leuyer
Assassin
Robert Arce
Keith Norval
Luke Stanton Eddy
Young Frank
Steven Terry Walker
Judge (Angry)
Ashton Wolf
Emcee (Copa)
J. Barrett Cooper
Doctor #2
Wynn Reichert
Doctor #1
Seve Esposito
Joe Bonano Jr.
Rich Williams
Walter Hawley
Christine McBurney
Trish Hawley
Todd Mason Covert
Edwin Barry - Defense Attorney
Mike Seely
Sheriff Crosswell
Robert Gerding
Judge
Amadeo Fusca
Lucky Luciano
Jennie Malone
Copa Nightclub Patron
Robert DiDonato
Edward Guinan
John Dinello
Joe Barbara
Bret Aaron Knower
Driver
James P. Harkins
Detective Jim Mullins
Louie Lawless
Joe the Boss
Wilson Conkwright
Busboy
Curtis Murphy
Shoe Shine Boy
Apollo Bacala
Mover
David Vegh
Warden
Tony Scott Griffith
Shoe Shine Customer
Damian Tanenbaum
Bailiff
Ed Formica
Judge Bentley Morris
Mark Tierno
Juror #1
Jen Ryan
Spectator
Michael T. Davis
Local News Reporter
Mark Axelowitz
Asst District Attorney Kamen
Carl Centofanti
Federal Agent
David Pittinger
Radio Staff
William Cross
Federal Agent
Seth Adair
Driver
Richard Doone
Juror
Shantel Routt
Bessie Smith
Brian D. Schroeder
Nightclub Patron
Frank Cervone
Shopkeeper #1
Sammy Geroulis
Driver
Mark Angel
Senate Probe Hearing
Kevin W. Shiveley
Police Officer
Andy Knode
TV Anchor
Sam Armentrout
Police Officer
Glenn Cunningham
Sgt. Ralph Salerno
Logan Moore
Politician's Wife
Jerry Pope
Bodyguard
Taylor Scott Knight
Baker
Richie Root
Photographer
Kalub James Mills
Journalist
Bill Bower
Spectator
John V. Catalano
Self - Vito Dinner Party Guest
Vincent P. Catalano
Vito (Party Guest)
James M. Daria
Copa Nightclub Patron
Andrew Philpot
Pedestrian
Todd Wallrauch
Paralegal
Jimmy Petrolla
Mob Boss
Mike Schenke
Police Officer
Joshua Innerst
Reporter #1
Charlie Powers
Senator's Aide
Shawn Peavie
Doctor
Chris Borghese
Photographer
Michael Moses
Roof Murder Victim
Corey Daria
Mover
Steve Molla
Reporter
Jerome Agean
Mob Boss (uncredited)
Melissa McDermott Currin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Max Daniels
Anna's Ex Husband (uncredited)
Annie Elliott
Copa Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Ron Gorley
Copa Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Karen Koester
Copa Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bobby Leigh
Man on Street (uncredited)
Nabeel Mulla
Mob Driver (uncredited)
Roger Petan
Radio Staffer #1 (uncredited)
David C. Phillippi
Courtroom Lawyer (uncredited)
Jarrod Robbins
Bartender (uncredited)
Peyton Stockdale
Joe Barbara Jr.
Richie Verito
Undercover Federal Agent (uncredited)
The Alto Knights Ratings & Reviews
Alex | Pop Culture Brain
March 17, 2025
Are two Robert de Niros better than one? I saw The Alto Knights So here's the good and the bad without spoilers Call your dad, because his new favorite movie is about to drop The Alto Knights hits theaters Friday Directed by Barry Levinson - who has made a lot of good movies And Starring Katherine Narducci, Debra Messing, and De Niro in 2 roles It tells the true story of how the nationwide crime syndicate known as The Mafia fell in the 1950s After its two aging dons went head to head De Niro plays both of those parts and he's pretty good in both roles one of which is an impressive chameleon act thanks to the makeup and the higher voice he puts on It's kind of a cool flex for him to take this on at this point in his career And I'll shout out the congressional hearing scene in the middle of the movie Which has a lot of compelling dramatic tension and old school scenery chewing Messing is also a standout, selling a lot of the movie’s comedy with her attitude Speaking of which, this film was relatively funny in parts. I laughed a couple timesa at the Wise Guy antics And It seems like Levinson was open to some riffing and unscripted surprises Which was necessary… because otherwise this movie lacked energy for me Like these aging dons reflecting back on their careers Alto Knights felt like an echo of an echo of an echo of the better movies we've seen from these guys in this genre The script was overly complicated and convoluted It feigned towards themes of aging, old grudges, and violence versus nonviolence But because the plot took precedence, the movie ended up thematically hollow And then Levinson made some kinda baffling editing decisions He borrowed techniques from documentary filmmaking - for realism’s sake But instead those choices just created multiple layers of artifice Basically, there was a lot of wasted potential here and it's a bummer to see something That you know could have been great under different circumstances but then again, De Niro doing two roles isn't something you see every day
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
When we're not being fed warmed-over narration and editing tricks that remind us of the Scorsese-directed examples, we're trapped with a visibly disinterested De Niro. He barely gives one performance, let alone two.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
It's not 'so bad it's good.' It's 'so bad it's bad.' It's the boring, sloppy, meandering kind of bad, not the kind that makes headlines, not the kind that gets turned into memes.
Wall Street Journal
Kyle Smith
Mr. Pileggi, who co-wrote "Goodfellas" and "Casino," knows how to tell a thrilling crime story, but this script is merely a collection of gangster anecdotes and clichés.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Take away the "De Niro Con: The Movie" bona fides, and you've got nothing but a fancy "Discovery" special. Forget about it.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
While it's inevitable that some, maybe many, viewers will find the dual role a distraction, those who hunger for De Niro in mobster mode will get more than their fill.
Associated Press
Jocelyn Noveck
The Alto Knights, despite its pedigree, doesn't rise anywhere near the heights of its glorious predecessors. It is, rather, an enjoyable if choppily paced look at a relationship between two men, where unfortunately we're arriving pretty late in the game.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Levinson might secretly wonder if the bizarre casting was the right move after all. But at least he got strong performances from his lead actor, and he took a good script by Pileggi ("Goodfellas") and made a good movie out of it.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
"The Alto Knights" doesn't trust its own true story or its characters, resorting to filling in blanks by having De Niro's Frank jarringly speak into the camera.
Chicago Reader
Maxwell Rabb
Though clearly aimed at mob movie fans, The Alto Knights ends up recycling too many of the same familiar stories.
The New Yorker
Justin Chang
Unfair as it would be to compare "The Alto Knights" to "The Irishman," some of Scorsese's mournful grandeur does cling to Levinson's film by association. In both films, it's De Niro's Frankness that keeps you watching.
New York Post
Johnny Oleksinski
The plot goes nowhere glacially. Underdeveloped side characters are so far to the side, they're out of frame.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The film's climax nevertheless fails to raise much of a heartbeat in this boglike slog through a momentous moment in murderous mob history.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
The unimaginative rendering of "The Alto Knights" plays less like an ode to a genre than a wheezing retread.
ABC News
Peter Travers
Even a double dose of the great Robert De Niro taking on the grandpa roles of feuding mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, can't lift this gimmicky, grating, draggy attempt to join the pantheon of classic gangster cinema. It's a losing battle.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
On paper, The Alto Knights feels like the kind of serious, genre-inflected drama we could use more of. But it's totally inert.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
Anything that comes across like a deleted scene from Scorsese provides welcome jolts of laughter to the otherwise dry proceedings.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Christy Lemire
I don't know why this movie exists. It breathes no new new life into the mobster movie genre at all and will only serve to remind you of better movies.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
Broadly speaking, I like this as a piece of classical gangster theater.
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
It's solid. Seen it all before, but I kind of enjoy this gangster fare.
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