The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino (1912)

47 min★ 4.7 · 54 votes

• Drama

The story of Lt. Joseph Petrosino, an Italian-American New York City police detective, who was assigned to investigate the Sicilian Mafia, which was beginning to become a major problem in New York. He did such a good job that the city sent him to Sicily to gather information on the Sicily/New York Mafia connections. He was murdered in Palermo by Mafia gunmen.

Release date

November 4, 1912

Country of origin

United States