In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of mafia ...

Through tricks of makeup and hair and what appears to be a bit of digital wizardry, De Niro’s co-lead in the film is … Robert De Niro, as Costello’s lifelong friend Vito Genovese.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Robert De Niro as Vito Genovese, left, and Robert De Niro as Frank Costello in a scene from "The Alto Knights." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) ...

Inside you there are two mobsters, and Robert De Niro plays both. There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues ...

“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in ...