Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

This is a well made TV movie that succeeds in getting real depth to its story, the film looks and has a authentic feel of the era represented. The real strength of the film is in its major casting of Australian actor the very reliable Anthony LaPaglia as the title charterer of Frank Nitti to whom he has more than a passing resemblance.I found this little known gangster film,well worth watching and very surprisingly good.7 out of 10.

Wife & I enjoyed this, found Al Capone to be depicted as a imbecile we found that off since they both had similar backgrounds.

Not much to say its worth a watch if you like these old "The Untouchables" gangster type movies.

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I believe that this made-for-TV-biopic was Anthony LaPaglia's first major leading role on screen - and what a great start! The film is beautifully made and acted by all throughout. As has been already mentioned it is illuminating to see a member of the mafia being depicted as a truly caring husband and father, thus making the scene concerning the death of his wife intensely poignant - LaPaglia is always streets ahead of most other actors in putting over the deeper emotional aspects of a character and here in this role he excels. I assume the story keeps basically to the truth though as a Brit I'm not totally au fait with the intricacies of Nitti's life. I think anyone interested in the US mafioso and who found "The Untouchables" film and the old TV series enjoyable but a little far-fetched would thoroughly enjoy and appreciate this incarnation. For any LaPaglia fan out there I would have to say that this film definitely falls into the category of compulsory and compulsive viewing!!

Doesn't completely line up with multiple documentaries I have seen on Nitti, but lines up more than not. Pretty accurate for Hollywood at least. And Hollywood seldom gets things right, especially when it comes to a guy nicknamed "The Enforcer". Acting was very good. Set design, wardrobe, etc were excellent. Hard to believe this movie is 36 years old.

Casting is incredible. Anthony LaPaglia plays Nitti in a way that you see he was completely impressed in the role. He isn't playing your standard gangster role. Nitti was a complex person, equally confident as he was broken.

Honestly, a few more historical accuracies and this would be a perfect movie.

This is an interesting story about the man who were known as Capone's right hand but wasn't he more than that? The story skips some parts of his life that could have been explored better if they weren't crammed into a 95 minute TV film. This could have been an excellent movie with a better supporting cast and the directing could also have been polished some. Anthony LaPaglia does an excellent job in this. I think he has many sides to him other than the lawyer in the TV series (he also performs outstandingly in the movie "Phoenix"). I rated this one 6/10 >