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Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones

Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones

Update: 2023-10-181
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Organized crime. A brutal assault that kicked off a gang war. Car bombs. The brazen assassination of a mob boss in broad daylight. These things all happened in Francis Ford Coppola’s groundbreaking film The Godfather – but first they happened in the real life of Alex Rocco, one-time Boston gang member turned Hollywood character actor whose star turn as Moe Greene in the classic mobster epic is one of the most improbable career shifts in movie history.


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Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones

Alex Rocco: A Mob Murder, a Boston Gang War, and Leaving Winter Hill for the Corleones

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