Dusty Hoffman playing Max Dembo in '
Straight Time
'. My favorite (postwar) American crime yarn. Based on a real life career convict.
Going back farther in time, Sterling Hayden in '
The Killing
' or '
Asphalt Jungle
'.
Of course, these are 'crime gang' characters rather than mafiosa. I donno that I have any favorite mafiosa.
They leave me cold. Never even bothered to view a single episode of '
The Sopranos
'. New York City is full of slobs like that.
Paul P. Powell, Pool Player