Inside the American Mob — Season 1, Episode 2: Operation Donnie Brasco
Action & Adventure • 60 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.1/10
Episode synopsis
In 1978, American law enforcement is at war with the American mob. But for the first time, the FBI has a real chance to strike back. Their secret weapon, agent Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco, has infiltrated the Bonanno family and become close with known killers Lefty Guns Ruggiero and Sonny Black Napolitano. But Pistone's life and the very mob itself will change forever when he is ordered to kill so he can receive the honor of becoming a made man.
About Inside the American Mob
Delve into the secret underworld of the American Mafia, as told by the criminals who lived it and the law enforcers who hunted it. This dramatic six-part series chronicles the true-life story of the modern Mob in America, as former mobsters, informants, and FBI agents expose the takedown of the deadliest and most infamous organized crime ring in U.S. history. A combination of recently declassified files, first-person accounts by federal officials and the mafioso themselves, and rare archival footage sheds a new light on the raw, violent, and corrupt underworld that gripped America for decades.