Film

Playing for the Mob

2014 · 1h 17m · Documentary

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.

Ray Liotta

Narrator

Henry Hill

Himself

Jim Sweeney

Himself

Rick Kuhn

Himself

Eric Cobb

Himself

Paul Mazzei

Himself

• Joe LavineDirector
• Cayman GrantDirector

Release date

October 7, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

10

Genres

Documentary

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