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For a movie supposedly based on fact they got an awful lot wrong. They show dates at the beginning that are off by a decade. Genovese fled the country in 1936 (not 1946) and returned in 1946 (not 1957) after the only witness against mysteriously jumped out of a high rise window while under police protection. Genovese plotted against Frank Costello, the boss of his family (still known as the Genovese Family) for 10 years. He then did try to have Costello killed in 1957..

But Albert Anastasia was boss of a different family (currently known as the Gambino family). Genovese had nothing to do with his death. That was instigated by Carlo Gambino, Anastasia's ambitious number 2. Genovese did benefit indirectly by Anastasia's death however.

Finally, the Mafia Commission meeting of 1956 had already been held at Joseph Barbara's house in Appalachin. The reason for holding the 1957 meeting (the subject of the movie) there was convenience since everyone already knew where it was and it was deemed secure. The scenes of Barbara and his wife agonizing are having the meeting there are ludicrous.