The Making of the Mob: Chicago is an American television miniseries, and the second season of The Making of the Mob, based on the iconic Chicago gangster Al Capone and his rise and fall in the Chicago Mafia. It is produced by Stephen David and premiered on July 11, 2016, on AMC in eight parts.
Plot
Opening Introduction (narrated by Jeremy Davidson, who narrated this season):
Production
The Making of the Mob: Chicago was filmed in New Zealand in 2015, at Studio West in West Auckland.
Release
The first trailer, released in June 2016, promoted the "8-part premiere event" and a July 11, 2016, release date. It featured the tagline, "They built Las Vegas, but they owned Chicago."
Cast
Main
The Outfit: Michael Kotsohilis as Al Capone – The Boss Paolo Rotondo as Johnny 'The Fox' Torrio – The Mentor Jason Fitch as Tony Accardo – The Enforcer Christopher Valente as Paul 'The Waiter' Ricca – The Brains Emmett Skilton as Sam 'Momo' Giancana – The Wild Card
Recurring
Andrew Robertt as Frankie Yale
Amelia Reynolds as Mae Coughlan
Andre King as Big Jim Colosimo
George H. Xanthis as Frank Capone
Josh Harriman as Ralph 'Bottles' Capone
Stephen Lovatt as Dean 'Dion' O'Banion
Kip Chapman as Earl 'Hymie' Weiss
Jack Barry as George 'Bugs' Moran
Owen Black as Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti
Emmett Skilton as Sam 'Momo' Giancana
Toby Leach as William Dever
Cohen Holloway as Jack 'Machine Gun Jack' McGurn
Ruth Wynne as Anna Torrio
Interviews
Each episode features several interviews from celebrities, authors, historians and political figures.
Deidre Capone – grand-niece of Al Capone, author, Uncle Al
Laurence Bergreen – author, Capone: The Man and the Era
Jonathan Eig – author, Get Capone, Luckiest Man
William Forsythe – actor, The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America and The Mob Doctor Frank Calabrese – former Chicago Outfit associate Robert Lombardo – author, Organized Crime in Chicago John Binder – author, The Chicago Outfit Rich Cohen – journalist Karen Abbott – author, Sin in the Second City T.J. English – author, Paddy Whacked Vincent Pastore – actor, The Sopranos John Kass – columnist, Chicago Tribune John Russick – curator, Chicago History Museum Frank Cullotta – former Chicago Outfit associate Paul Sorvino – actor, Goodfellas Hillel Levin – co-author, When Corruption Was King Michael S. Green, Ph.D. – professor, (UNLV) historian and board member with the Mob Museum Michael Madsen – actor, Donnie Brasco Oscar Goodman – former mayor of Las Vegas, cameo in Casino Nathan Thompson – author, Kings: The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings David Eisenbach – historian Robert Grant - former Chicago FBI chief Billy Drago - author, played Frank Nitti in The Untouchables