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From the Mob to the Movies
- Author
- Richie Salerno
- Narrator
- Richard Ferrone
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 27 April 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- True crime, Organized crime
What to expect
The public knows him as the character Tony Darvo in the movie Midnight Run, but Richie Salerno was born into the world of the Brooklyn Mafia during the heyday of the New York mob, and for a time it looked like he would get caught up in a life of crime. After all, some of the most notorious figures in the gangster world he knew as uncles, aunts, cousins, and family friends.
During a stint in prison for theft, Richie turned his life around using the tailoring skills he learned from his father and butchering abilities he picked up from his father-in-law to ingratiate himself with the warden and guards, which got him through 120 months without a scratch.
As luck would have it, after his release he scored an audition for the film Serpico directed by Sidney Lumet, best known for 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon. That audition turned into a career of long standing as a character actor in major Hollywood films.
Now, Richie has written a memoir of his journey from the mean streets of Brooklyn as a child of the mob to the silver screen.
Critics Review
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“Richie Salerno has an amazing story to tell…taking readers from the streets of Brooklyn to Hollywood. Truly a must read.”
Dennis N. Griffin, author of A ‘Family’ Business
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Details
- Author
- Richie Salerno
- Narrator
- Richard Ferrone
- Duration
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781664441736
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- True crime, Organized crime
Synopsis
The public knows him as the character Tony Darvo in the movie Midnight Run, but Richie Salerno was born into the world of the Brooklyn Mafia during the heyday of the New York mob, and for a time it looked like he would get caught up in a life of crime. After all, some of the most notorious figures in the gangster world he knew as uncles, aunts, cousins, and family friends.During a stint in prison for theft, Richie turned his life around using the tailoring skills he learned from his father and butchering abilities he picked up from his father-in-law to ingratiate himself with the warden and guards, which got him through 120 months without a scratch.As luck would have it, after his release he scored an audition for the film Serpico directed by Sidney Lumet, best known for 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon. That audition turned into a career of long standing as a character actor in major Hollywood films.Now, Richie has written a memoir of his journey from the mean streets of Brooklyn as a child of the mob to the silver screen.
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