We all love mob movies, Scarface, The Godfather, the list goes on and on.

But there's one movie that speaks to me more than all the others, Donnie Brasco.

It starred Johnny Depp as an FBI agent who went deep undercover in the New York Mafia.

And unlike Scarface or The Godfather, it's actually based on a true story.

And you know what they say?

Truth is stranger than fiction.

I'm Leo Rossi.

I've spent my life behind and in front of the camera creating stories about the mob.

We're going to go off the page and talk to the real life Donnie Brasco.

Welcome back to Deep Cover, The Real Donnie Brasco with Joe Pistone and Leo Rossi.

In this episode, Joe gets presented with an ultimatum that could cost him his life. And because of this,

he is forced to make a decision that could help him maintain his respect, but could also make new

enemies. Welcome back. All right, Joe, we are to the point where you got involved with the

Colombo family. Now, there's the Colombo family,

the Gambino family, Lucchese family, Genovese family, and the Bonano family. The Bonano family,

which we'll get to them too. And they're the five families in New York. They're the powerful,

most powerful on the commission of the mafia, correct? Exactly. New York is the hub of the American

mafia because they have five families, most of the most of many city in the country. What was the largest family, just for curiosity?

Gambino.

And that was because of numbers or connections?

Numbers.

Just numbers.

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