# Witness to the Mob > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Witness_to_the_Mob > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Witness_to_the_Mob.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_to_the_Mob > Source revision: 1356020651 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1998 American television film This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Witness to the Mob" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Witness to the Mob" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Witness to the Mob Genre Crime Drama Written by Stanley Weiser Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan Starring Nicholas Turturro Tom Sizemore Michael Imperioli Vincent Pastore Theme music composer Stephen Endelman Sonny Kompanek Country of origin United States Original language English Production Executive producers Robert De Niro Brad Epstein Jane Rosenthal Producer Caroline Baron Cinematography Frank Prinzi Editor David Ray Running time 240 min Production companies NBC Studios Tribeca Productions Original release Network NBC Release May 10 (1998-05-10) – May 11, 1998 (1998-05-11) ***Witness to the Mob*** is a [television film](/source/Television_film) which premiered on Sunday, May 10, and concluded on Monday, May 11, 1998. ## Plot This article's plot summary needs to be improved. 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(May 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The film follows the rise of [Sammy "The Bull" Gravano](/source/Sammy_Gravano) in the ranks of the [Gambino crime family](/source/Gambino_crime_family), one of the "[Five Families](/source/Five_Families)" of the New York [Cosa Nostra](/source/American_Mafia), culminating in his becoming [underboss](/source/Underboss) to [John Gotti](/source/John_Gotti), his decision to betray Gotti by testifying in the fourth and final trial that saw him sentenced to [life imprisonment](/source/Life_imprisonment) and his life in the [Witness Protection Program](/source/United_States_Federal_Witness_Protection_Program). ## Cast - [Nicholas Turturro](/source/Nicholas_Turturro) as [Sammy Gravano](/source/Sammy_Gravano) - [Tom Sizemore](/source/Tom_Sizemore) as [John Gotti](/source/John_Gotti) - [Debi Mazar](/source/Debi_Mazar) as Deborah Gravano - [Abe Vigoda](/source/Abe_Vigoda) as [Paul Castellano](/source/Paul_Castellano) - [Philip Baker Hall](/source/Philip_Baker_Hall) as Salvatore "Toddo" Aurello - [Frank Vincent](/source/Frank_Vincent) as [Frank DeCicco](/source/Frank_DeCicco) - [Lenny Venito](/source/Lenny_Venito) as Sal DiMaggio - Johnny Williams as [Angelo Ruggiero](/source/Angelo_Ruggiero) - [Frankie Valli](/source/Frankie_Valli) as [Frank LoCascio](/source/Frank_LoCascio) - [Michael Imperioli](/source/Michael_Imperioli) as Louie Milito - [Vincent Pastore](/source/Vincent_Pastore) as [Michael DeBatt](/source/Michael_DeBatt) - [Peter McRobbie](/source/Peter_McRobbie) as George Pape (based on [Gerard Pappa](/source/Gerard_Pappa)) - [Nicholas Kepros](/source/Nicholas_Kepros) as Vincent "The Chin" ([Vincent Gigante](/source/Vincent_Gigante)) - Michael Ryan Segal as Nicky Cowboy ([Nicholas Mormando](/source/Nicholas_Mormando)) - [Tony Sirico](/source/Tony_Sirico) as Tommy Gambino ([Thomas Gambino](/source/Thomas_Gambino)) - [Richard Bright](/source/Richard_Bright_(actor)) as [Joseph Paruta](/source/Joseph_Paruta) - [Richard E. Council](/source/Richard_E._Council) as Louie DiBono (Louis DiBono) - [Peter Appel](/source/Peter_Appel_(actor)) as Eddie Garofal (Edward Garofalo) - Gerard Cordero as Wiseguy #1 - Tony Kruk as Di Bernardo ([Robert DiBernardo](/source/Robert_DiBernardo)) - Stephen Payne as [Bosko Radonjich](/source/Bosko_Radonjich) - [Leonardo Cimino](/source/Leonardo_Cimino) as [Neil Dellacroce](/source/Neil_Dellacroce) - [Arthur Nascarella](/source/Arthur_J._Nascarella) as Bruce Mouw - Gaetano LoGiudice as Gotti Bodyguard - [Kirk Acevedo](/source/Kirk_Acevedo) as [Nicholas Scibetta](/source/Nicholas_Scibetta) - [Joseph Siravo](/source/Joseph_Siravo) as [Gene Gotti](/source/Gene_Gotti) - [Kathrine Narducci](/source/Kathrine_Narducci) as Linda Milito - [Drena De Niro](/source/Drena_De_Niro) as The Girl in the Beauty Shop ## Production The film was based on court records, FBI transcripts and news reports (rather than on the 1997 book *[Underboss](/source/Underboss_(book))* written by [Peter Maas](/source/Peter_Maas)).[1] Vincent Pastore, Tony Sirico, and Frank Vincent had all previously appeared in the 1996 film [*Gotti*](/source/Gotti_(1996_film)), which covered the same events, each playing a different character than they did in this movie. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Picks and Pans Review: Witness to the Mob"](https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-witness-to-the-mob-vol-49-no-18/). people.com. May 11, 1998. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200115191900/https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-witness-to-the-mob-vol-49-no-18/) from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020. ## External links - [*Witness to the Mob*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0153882/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan December Bride (1991) Nothing Personal (1995) Witness to the Mob (1998) Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) The Heart of Me (2002) Into the Storm (2009) Stella Days (2011) The Miracle Club (2023) This article about a biographical film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Bio-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3ABio-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bio-film-stub) This 1990s crime film–related article is a stub. 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