Inside the Mafia is a 1959 film noir crime film based on a true incident. It was based on the Albert Anastasia murder and subsequent Apalachin Meeting.
Plot
The gangster Augie Martello is riddled with bullets in an assassination attempt organized by Tony Ledo, a mob lieutenant. Mafia boss Johnny Lucero is returning after 10 years out of the country. Ledo intends to kill Lucero and take over.
The family of airstrip traffic controller Rod Balcom, including his daughters, is taken hostage as the gang members await Lucero's plane, with gunman Sam Galey assigned to stand guard over them. Ledo intends to have the entire family killed after Martello's death and his planned takeover, but Lucero gets the drop on him and shoots Ledo to death. Lucero is then captured by the police.
Cast
Cameron Mitchell as Tony Ledo
Robert Strauss as Sam Galey
Grant Richards as Johnny Lucero
Ted de Corsia as Augie Martello
Carol Nugent as Sandy Balcom
Elaine Edwards as Anne Balcom
Edward Platt as Dan Regent
James Brown as Capt. Blair
Louis Jean Heydt as Rod Balcom
See also
Three Came to Kill (1960) – A similar film by Edward L. Cahn with Cameron Mitchell List of American films of 1959