The real life Ciro Terranova was born in the town of Corleone, Sicily. In 1893, Ciro moved to New York with his father, mother, four sisters, brothers Vincenzo and Nicolo to meet half brother Giuseppe Morello, who had arrived six months earlier. When Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo and Ciro's brother Giuseppe were sent to prison on counterfeiting charges, Ciro, Vincent, and Nick filled the power vacuum. They soon rose to be the top gangsters of Italian Harlem, running the Morello family.
Ciro earned his nickname, "the Artichoke King", by purchasing all the artichokes that came into New York and selling them for roughly three times more. During the prohibition years, Terranova was associated with, either in partnership or as adversaries, such names as Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria, Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo, Umberto "Rocco" Valenti,
On February 18, 1938, Ciro Terranova suffered a paralyzing stroke. He died two days later at Columbus Hospital, at age 49, with his son and wife at his side. Ciro was the only one of the four Terranova brothers to die in bed.
Ciro earned his nickname, "the Artichoke King", by purchasing all the artichokes that came into New York and selling them for roughly three times more. During the prohibition years, Terranova was associated with, either in partnership or as adversaries, such names as Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria, Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo, Umberto "Rocco" Valenti,
On February 18, 1938, Ciro Terranova suffered a paralyzing stroke. He died two days later at Columbus Hospital, at age 49, with his son and wife at his side. Ciro was the only one of the four Terranova brothers to die in bed.
Robert Ellenstein and Jack Weston also appear together in The Al Brown Story (1959) on a short-lived series called The Lawless Years (1959). In that particular episode, Ellenstein plays the part of Frankie Yale, the man his character in this episode kills, and Weston plays the part of Al Brown.
Adjusted for inflation, the 1931 $60,000 value of Ciro Terranova's house would equal approximately $1,220,000 in the year 2024.
Her first of two appearances in this series, the second being in The Unhired Assassin: Part 1 (1960), Argentina Brunetti started to appear before audiences when she was three years old. She last performed in front of a camera when she was 95 years old. She is perhaps seen most often in her role as Mrs. Martini in the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
This is the first of eleven appearances Joseph Crehan makes in the series, each time playing a different character.