Playing for the Mob

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Playing for the Mob

In 1978, America's Most Powerful Crime Family Went to College

The story of how mobster Henry Hill - played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas - helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. The details of that point-shaving scandal are revealed for the first time on film through the testimony of the players, the federal investigators and the actual fixers. Playing For The Mob may be set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, but like Goodfellas, this is a tale of greed, betrayal and reckoning. Ultimately, they both share the same message: With that much money at stake, you can't trust anybody.

Release Date

2014-10-07

Year

2014

Duration

1h 17m

Status

Released

Score

6.40

#corruption#sports#boston,-massachusetts#college#basketball#organized-crime#sports-documentary#college-sports#mob#boston-college#college-basketball

Cast

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta

Narrator

Henry Hill

Henry Hill

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Jim Sweeney

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Rick Kuhn

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Eric Cobb

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Paul Mazzei