Posted By: OakAsFan
Alright, another "who was he based on?" - 06/17/16 05:11 AM
Tommy in Raging Bull.
There seems to be nothing online as to exactly whom Jake LaMotta's real life mob connections were.
Posted By: OakAsFan
Re: Alright, another "who was he based on?" - 06/20/16 02:27 AM
Fine. Make me google it myself.
Frankie Carbo is the name. Involved with a lot of fight fixing in the '40s and '50s. Taken down by Bobby Kennedy.
Good read.
http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2009/12/thing-aint-ring-its-playso-give-him.html
Posted By: OakAsFan
Re: Alright, another "who was he based on?" - 06/20/16 03:12 AM
Dude was a gunman with Murder Inc?
Some believed he planned out the Bugsy Seigel hit?