Mafia on Trial

DateJuly 10 1986

Can DescriptionsMaster Specials: Mafia on Trial X4240 Rec: 7/8/86

AbstractTitle: “Mafia On Trail with Chet Curtis”. Chet Curtis hosts a special on organized crime in Boston and around the world. Discussion of recent arrests of mafia leaders, scandals in fixing sporting events, how the mafia is portrayed on film, and discrimination against Italian-Americans. Includes segments of interviews with: Ronald Regan, FBI agent James Greenleaf, President’s Commission on Organized Crime spokesman Arthur Brill, (then) federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani, FBI agent James Ring, federal prosecutor Jeramiah O’Sullivan, organized crime expert Robert Blakey, federal prosecutor Ed McDonald, ex-mobster Harry Hill, ethnicity expert Joseph Giordano, politician Geraldine Ferraro, Rhode Island police chief Vincent Vespia, and various former mafia members in disguise.

OtherCredits: Produced By: Rory O’Connor; Associate Producer: Myles Gordon; Written By: Rory O’Connor with Myles Gordon; Edited By: Alan Pratt; Field Producer: Lisa Ziegler; Videography: Rodney Grace, Bill Hartigan, Isaiah Bradwell, Emeric Feldmar, Galen Trull; Audio: Ellen Boyce, Lisa Borge, James Fripp, Jim Watson; Post Production Editors: Doug DeVitt, George Ellard; Graphic Design: Jeff Boortz; Unit Manager: Gerri Powers; Floor Director: Scott Philbrick; Chyron: Frank Firnschild; Title Sequence; Directed By: William Lowell; Camera: Bill Hartigan; Audio: Ellen Boyce; Lighting Director: Wayne Smith; Floor Director: Frank Firnschild; Interns: Toya Blackshear, Judith Dinkelspiel, Robert Crowley, Virginia Roberts, Lisa Yokota; Music By: Musitech; Additional Footage Provided By: ABC, CNN, WGGB-TV/Springfield, Ma.; Still Photos Courtesy Of: The Boston Herald; Special Thanks: John Cloherty, Contra Costa Trading Co.; Program Administrator: Joy McGugan; Executive Producer: Judith Stoia; Vice President/Programming & Public Affairs: Paul La Camera