I know most of you guys saw this movie, and i am sure there was a older topic about this movie. But i would like to get your attention, first of all it was a classic movie. I liked every aspect of it, except the guy who played Calogero. He cant act, well to get to the main point.. Is Sonny based on a real life mobster? In the movie it says he became boss, i am sure they mean a Capo. So at the start of the movie he is a soldier with his own crew of associates and made men hanging around. It is fictional but i am sure he was based on a real mobster in the 60-70s.