The real Frank Nitti did not die in the manner and at the time depicted in this movie. He took over Al Capone's empire when Capone was sent to prison. In 1943, Nitti and other Chicago mob members were indicted for extortion. The mob leader blamed Nitti for the indictments, and told him to take responsibility for all of the charges. Fearing a lengthy prison sentence, due to his claustrophobia, Nitti drunkenly wandered to a railroad track five blocks from his house and shot himself, after missing with the first shot, in the head with a .38 caliber revolver. His real-life death was portrayed in Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988), which starred Anthony LaPaglia as Nitti.

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