Just the Bufalino name carried a lot of weight in the 1970’s early 80’s in Michigan. Attorney Bill Bufalino 2nd, represented a neighbor who got caught firebombing a house and got his charge dropped after probation!

Russell Bufalino was in the class of Charles Luciano, Tony Accardo, Frank Costello and Santo Trafficante. A bar above the rest. He basically controlled 6 territories in these cities Buffalo, Philadelphia, Las Vegas Pennsylvania, Miami and NYC. Made Millions for all his partners! May God richly bless everyone 🇮🇱✝️🇺🇸!

When I saw this movie I thought of my grandparents on my dad's side and my mom's side. Once one survived Hitler's Germany and started all over again. And one survived the Great Depression. This is a very very awesome movie I have a friend of mine who is from Philadelphia about Russell Buffalo and he's his eyes lit up like Christmas trees. You know about Russell Buffalo from what I told him he was one of the most quietest mob bosses. And that's what makes him fearful

Russell Bufalino was a very well respected and low key mob boss of a small family in Pennsylvania. Sometimes he would weigh in on certain situations with the commission and other five families of NYC. And he had ties to the Detroit Family because of his pull and influence with the Teamsters Union and Trucking. And also with the Philadelphia Family because his family was located in the same state and they had dealings together. He was not anywhere near as powerful as the film made him out to be though and "all roads did not lead back to Russell" especially in the 1960's and 1970's when the mob was in it's heyday in America.

@FrithonaHrududu02127

3 ай бұрын

He punched well above his weight though. Especially considering he wasn't even based in a real city. The power he did accrue was a testimony to his own craftiness, he didn't just step into a thriving concern. Anyone else from a third or fourth tier city like Pittston would have been absorbed or just killed off. Pittston didn't turn into Youngstown. Bufalino really is one of the more interesting characters.

@STONESGAM

3 ай бұрын

@@FrithonaHrududu02127 I agree and I find Bufalino interesting as well. He did hold a lot of sway given the smaller city and family he ran. I just think the Irishman made him sound like the top mob boss in America or something.

@FrithonaHrududu02127

3 ай бұрын

@@STONESGAM I get what you mean. From Sheerhan perspective he was, cuz he met everyone through Bufalino. Plus it was Sheerhans way of blowing himself up, he was such a fabricator. I've always found the smaller families interesting. Like the one ones from Rochester or Utica. But they all got sucked into bigger cities vortex. Or just destroyed themselves. Bufalino managed to avoid all that. But yeah Sheerhan had a vested interest in making Bufalino larger than he was, but I have a feeling that he was actually right but by accident, y'know.

@johnshilacky2728

3 ай бұрын

One of the more interesting families in my opinion is the Patriarcas in Providence and Boston.

@STONESGAM

3 ай бұрын

@@johnshilacky2728 Yeah, I don't know much about them. Am also fascinated by the New Orleans family they held a lot of power but I think the family was very small as far as made guys. I guess they had a lot of associates.

Not a lot of people know Charles Luchiano got his business started with a loan from Frank Sheeran and when Charlie missed a repayment Frank went easy on him saying "Lucky for you I'm in a good mood" hence the lifelong moniker. And for most of Frank's career his driver was John Gotti, a little street punk orphan Frank found crying in the gutter, Frank cleaned him up and gave him a start in life; another fact is the entire Corleone family (except Fredo) is based on Frank Sheeran.

@sedohema

4 ай бұрын

Yea, that's BS

@bigbromcgee7118

4 ай бұрын

@@sedohema went over your head 😂

@sedohema

4 ай бұрын

@@bigbromcgee7118 nah, i just know it's bullshit

@darthkek1953

4 ай бұрын

@@sedohema da point is Frank solved the Cuban Missile Crisis by learning on Stalin in a carpark in Queens. According to Frank, of course.

@sedohema

4 ай бұрын

@@darthkek1953 suuuuuure

This video is 10 minutes of nothing, just air, don't waste your time.

Awesome movie

Wrong; Goodfellas was happening at the same time and after, as the story progressed, regarding the Gallo-Profaci/Colombo war.

@bb1111116

17 күн бұрын

True. What The Irishman adds is explaining the connection between the Mafia and the Teamsters. That is important to know when watching Casino. I see Goodfellas, The Irishman and Casino as a trilogy.

too powerful

Hate to be that guy but it's not abstensia it's absentia....as in absent.....my device wouldn't even let me type it that wrong initially

Bill bulllffolino

NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY!...refered to murder as "painting houses"....I understand some things make for good film like the Gallo thing..but the houses thing is just stupid 🤦‍♂️

I detest Robert de niro!

He was not that powerful the movie made him look powerful but he really wasn’t

@Gma00001

4 ай бұрын

You don't have a clue. Russell was extremely powerful and low key and OG till the end.

@SantomPh

4 ай бұрын

Russ had his own crime family. He had pull with the Genovese family and Angelo Bruno. He was powerful

@ronstrayhand3600

Ай бұрын

He was very powerful, even more than the movie betrayal. Read the book the linear chose it tells everything. He owned a restaurant in New York did business in the territory of the five families. That’s unheard of.