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Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The two-hour event special on the infamous Gambino mob family, featuring a new interview with one of the most notorious hitmen in mafia history, "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.

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Dave Hoffman

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In our neighborhoods,
you were a fireman, a cop, or a gangster. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

In our neighborhoods, you were a fireman, a cop, or a gangst...

When we walked down the block,
it was almost like that movie Goodfellas. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

When we walked down the block, it was almost like that movie...

It was a very protected
neighborhood, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It was a very protected neighborhood,

Everybody knew
everybody's business, but yet, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Everybody knew everybody's business, but yet,

We got window shades on our eyes,
cotton balls in our ears, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

We got window shades on our eyes, cotton balls in our ears,

So they were growing up in a
neighborhood that's basically a campus - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

So they were growing up in a neighborhood that's basica...

KAREN: My father could have been
anything, but he chose the street life. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

KAREN: My father could have been anything, but he chose the ...

Because that's what he's seen,
that was what was in his community, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Because that's what he's seen, that was what was i...

Growing up in the streets,
you know, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Growing up in the streets, you know,

It was just the allure of being,
you know, being bad. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It was just the allure of being, you know, being bad.

And across the street there
was our local mob, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And across the street there was our local mob,

And one of the guys, he said, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And one of the guys, he said,

Sammy the Bull." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Sammy the Bull."

They would give you a nickname
at an early age, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

They would give you a nickname at an early age,

Instead of realizing,
that is nonsense. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Instead of realizing, that is nonsense.

NARRATOR: (from "Wiseguy")
"The men at the cabstand were not like - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

NARRATOR: (from "Wiseguy") "The men at the ca...

They flashed wads of $20 bills
as round as softballs. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

They flashed wads of $20 bills as round as softballs.

And they sported diamond pinky rings
the size of walnuts. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And they sported diamond pinky rings the size of walnuts.

The sight of all that wealth, and
power, and girth was intoxicating." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The sight of all that wealth, and power, and girth was intox...

They like the cars. They like the
girls. They like the money. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

They like the cars. They like the girls. They like the money...

KAREN: You know, I mean, I probably
grew up seeing everybody in my life - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

KAREN: You know, I mean, I probably grew up seeing everybody...

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, was saturated
with the mafia. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, was saturated with the mafia.

Every club, every bar,
every place you went. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Every club, every bar, every place you went.

The Genoveses had a social club,
the Colombos, everybody had a social club. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The Genoveses had a social club, the Colombos, everybody had...

So my father, he started taking me
to all these social clubs - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

So my father, he started taking me to all these social clubs

The March of the
Wooden Soldiers, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The March of the Wooden Soldiers,

We'll boost products." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

We'll boost products."

Get me the Daily News." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Get me the Daily News."

I was doing loan sharking,
stealing cars, doing burglaries. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I was doing loan sharking, stealing cars, doing burglaries.

He had all the attributes
of being a gangster. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

He had all the attributes of being a gangster.

It was for greed. It was for women.
It was for fast cars. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It was for greed. It was for women. It was for fast cars.

It was being part of a society,
part of a brotherhood. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It was being part of a society, part of a brotherhood.

He believed in it so deeply,
you know, with everything inside of him. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

He believed in it so deeply, you know, with everything insid...

He was a-- He became a made member
of the Gambino crime family. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

He was a-- He became a made member of the Gambino crime fami...

They tell you to kill someone.
Did you think of saying no? - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

They tell you to kill someone. Did you think of saying no?

I mean, everybody in this life,
at one point or another, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I mean, everybody in this life, at one point or another,

And they were willing to do anything
necessary to achieve their ends. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And they were willing to do anything necessary to achieve th...

By birth, certainly, they were not
prepared in any way - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

By birth, certainly, they were not prepared in any way

In fact, they lacked almost all
the necessary talents - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

In fact, they lacked almost all the necessary talents

Except one: their talent
for violence." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Except one: their talent for violence."

I'm the son of Anthony "Fat Anthony"
Ruggiano, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I'm the son of Anthony "Fat Anthony" Ruggiano...

My father would give you the shirt
off his back, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

My father would give you the shirt off his back,

DIANE: 1970. You're
24, 25 years old. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

DIANE: 1970. You're 24, 25 years old.

And on the way home, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And on the way home,

It sounded like a cannon
that went off. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It sounded like a cannon that went off.

I felt a feeling of everything going
into like a slow motion. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I felt a feeling of everything going into like a slow motion...

And then, his body shook,
and he slumped down a little bit. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And then, his body shook, and he slumped down a little bit.

It was like there was nothing
outside this car. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It was like there was nothing outside this car.

There was no people. There was no road.
Nothing but me and him. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

There was no people. There was no road. Nothing but me and h...

I took him to Far Rockaway,
where we threw his body out of the car, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I took him to Far Rockaway, where we threw his body out of t...

I remember something that surprised me
that I had no remorse at all. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I remember something that surprised me that I had no remorse...

It is horrible, and it is hideous,
and there is hurt, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

It is horrible, and it is hideous, and there is hurt,

And each and every person
that chose that world - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And each and every person that chose that world

SAMMY: After that murder,
they congratulated me on a job well done. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

SAMMY: After that murder, they congratulated me on a job wel...

I would go to the same club,
and got on line, and before you know it, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I would go to the same club, and got on line, and before you...

You just come right in." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

You just come right in."

KAREN: I could see that my father
was very powerful, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

KAREN: I could see that my father was very powerful,

Everybody knew who Sammy was. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Everybody knew who Sammy was.

You got to the front of the line.
Even in Manhattan, Studio 54. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

You got to the front of the line. Even in Manhattan, Studio ...

You got to the club, naturally,
you drink, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

You got to the club, naturally, you drink,

ANTHONY: And they panned the people
in the Bamboo Lounge. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

ANTHONY: And they panned the people in the Bamboo Lounge.

And then they said Fat Andy,
and all my friends at the same time said, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And then they said Fat Andy, and all my friends at the same ...

You know, sitting in the front,
and how everything was given to us, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

You know, sitting in the front, and how everything was given...

Goodfellas was more real life, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Goodfellas was more real life,

The money's pouring in,
and you're hanging out with these people. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The money's pouring in, and you're hanging out wit...

The mafia, which was
originally called mafioso, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The mafia, which was originally called mafioso,

ANGEL: The Sicilian Mafia,
they believed that - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

ANGEL: The Sicilian Mafia, they believed that

The way it was explained to me,
was in Italy, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

The way it was explained to me, was in Italy,

When we take that oath,
we are told straight out, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

When we take that oath, we are told straight out,

They tell you, if your son is dying
in bed with cancer, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

They tell you, if your son is dying in bed with cancer,

Because it held a stiff sentence - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Because it held a stiff sentence

Many of them consider what they do
almost military in nature. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Many of them consider what they do almost military in nature...

So they believe when your boss
tells you you have to kill somebody, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

So they believe when your boss tells you you have to kill so...

That being the case,
they get to rationalize - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

That being the case, they get to rationalize

You wouldn't think of calling a soldier
in war a murderer, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

You wouldn't think of calling a soldier in war a murder...

My father said, "When I took my oath
to Cosa Nostra, I gave up everything." - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

My father said, "When I took my oath to Cosa Nostra, I ...

And when I walked down,
there was Paul Castellano. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And when I walked down, there was Paul Castellano.

And Paul asked me, "Do you know that we're
a brotherhood? - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And Paul asked me, "Do you know that we're a broth...

A secret society?" - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

A secret society?"

He says, "If we ask you to kill
for us, would you?" - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

He says, "If we ask you to kill for us, would you?"...

And he asked me, "What finger
would you pull the trigger?" - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And he asked me, "What finger would you pull the trigge...

And just said,
"If you betray this brotherhood, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And just said, "If you betray this brotherhood,

And if you listen to the oath,
there's honor, there's respect, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

And if you listen to the oath, there's honor, there...

DETECTIVE: Paul Castellano was,
until two hours ago, - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

DETECTIVE: Paul Castellano was, until two hours ago,

LINDA: New York in the '80s and '90s
was a very, very interesting place. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

LINDA: New York in the '80s and '90s was a very, v...

Because, you know, New York was full
of great New York characters then. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

Because, you know, New York was full of great New York chara...

People that would make the headlines
day after day. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

People that would make the headlines day after day.

I didn't think that somebody
like Trump would turn out - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

I didn't think that somebody like Trump would turn out

But they did, because New York
loves a character. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

But they did, because New York loves a character.

My father was one of 13 children
from the Bronx. - Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster

My father was one of 13 children from the Bronx.

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The two-hour event special on the infamous Gambino mob family, featuring a new interview with one of the most notorious hitmen in mafia history, "Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.

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Director: Dave Hoffman

Writer: Kim Powers

Production: ABC News

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Jan 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://abc.com/movies-and-specials/truth-and-lies-the-last-gangster