Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.
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Seasons & Episodes
1. The Beginning
Frank Sinatra's barkeep father and midwife mother had loose affiliations with organized crime that assisted Frank in his rise to stardom. John F Kennedy' father's bootlegging past cultivated criminal connections that helped him to run for President.
2. After the Election
Kennedy wins the Presidency. Robert Kennedy, hellbent on cracking down on the Mafia, was appointed Attorney General. When Hoover discovers a love triangle, he tells the President to cut all ties with the Mafia, including Sinatra.
Cast
Chuck Grant
Self - Sinatra Historian, Record Producer and Author
Lenny Luizzi
Self - Official Hoboken City Historian
Robert Foster
Self - Director of the Hoboken Historical Museum
Robbyn Swan
Self - Co-Author, 'Sinatra: The Life'
James Kaplan
Self - Author
Marc J. Selverstone
Self - Author and Professor, University of Virginia
Ronald Kessler
Self - Author, 'The Sins of the Father'