Originally posted by Jimmy Buffer:
these are professional gangsters, so we have to understand how they operate. i don't believe a man as experienced as rosato would shit his pants just because he sees a couple of cops. if he's a professional killer who was ordered to kill frank pentangelli, i think it would have taken more than that to rattle him so much he completely forgets to do the one thing he set out to accomplish, which was kill frankie.
This scene is based on a real-life event:
During the Gallo/Profaci war of 1960-62, Larry Gallo, eldest of the Gallo brothers, was lured to a bar, the Sahara Lounge in Brooklyn, by a Profaci representative supposedly interested in making peace. When Larry entered the empty lounge, they threw a garotte over his neck and attempted to kill him. A cop happened by, saw the light on and entered, whereupon the killers fled (I don't know about their pants, though
) Gallo survived. The Daily News ran an unforgettable picture of him with a big red circular mark around his neck, being led away by the cops.
