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Mob Town (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| caption = Official promotional poster
| director = Danny A. Abeckaser
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| music = Lionel Cohen
| cinematography = Hernn Toro
| editing = David Leonard
| studio = 2B Films
| distributor = Saban Films
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| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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| gross = $1 million
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'Mob Town' is a 2019 American crime film directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and starring David Arquette, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jennifer Esposito, Nick Cordero, Robert Davi and Abeckaser.
Premise
Based on the true story of a New York State Trooper who investigates the Apalachin meeting, a gathering of high-profile mobsters in his small town of Apalachin, New York
Plot Summary
On November 14, 1957, over 100 of the most notorious organized crime figures from all over the world held a historic meeting in the small town of Apalachin, New York.
The meeting was ordered by Vito Genovese, who at the time successfully eliminated two of his biggest rivals; Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia. Genovese, who was the current boss of the Luciano crime family decided to consolidate power and announce to the underworld that it was his time to be Capo Dei Capi; The boss of bosses.
In the sleepy upstate New York town of Apalachin, Sgt. Edgar Croswell, a 40 year old divorced state trooper who lived in the police station began noticing strange and unusual activity in his little town. A semi-retired mobster named Joseph Barbara, known as "Joe the Barber had recently bought a nearby Ginger Ale bottling plant as well as a 53 acre estate just outside of town, and Vito Genovese decided to hold the historical summit at the Barbara Estate.
Sgt. Croswell tried to alert local law enforcement and even the FBI, but his warnings fell onto deaf ears. At the time, The FBI was so focused on fighting communism the Long-time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover refused publicly accept the existence of a "National Crime Syndicate" and the need to address organized crime in America.
Despite constant push back, Sgt. Croswell refused to back down and began investigating Joe the Barber, and his businesses in town. After stumbling on a major clue that Joe the Barber had not only purchased every piece of meat and fish in town, he also realized the every single motel room in town was booked
Without any back up, Croswell and handful of local police officers busted the meeting and arrested 58 of the most notorious mafia figures.
Although all the arrests were eventually overturned, Sgt. Edgar Croswell single handedly forced the FBI to publicly acknowledge the existence of an organized crime syndicate in America, which led to J,. Edgar Hoover creating an Organized crime task force.
This also led to the creation of the RICO ('Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations)' act which law enforcement agencies currently use fight organized crime.
Cast
*David Arquette as Sgt. Ed Croswell
*Jennifer Esposito as Natalie Passatino
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Josephine Barbara
*Nick Cordero as Vincent Gigante
*Robert Davi as Vito Genovese
*P. J. Byrne as Vincent Vasisko
*Gino Cafarelli as Carmine Galante
*Danny A. Abeckaser as Joe Barbara
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . At Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
References
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