Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Genres: Crime , Drama , History
Keywords: 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , aging , based-on-novel-or-book , character-study , chicago-illinois , detroit-michigan , family-relationships , father-daughter-relationship , gangster , hitman , irish-american , jimmy-hoffa , labor-union , mafia , male-friendship , mob-family , murder , nonlinear-timeline , organized-crime , pennsylvania-usa , philadelphia-pennsylvania , religion , sicilian-mafia , voiceover , war-veteran , complex