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Brooklyn, 1955. Schoolboy Henry Hill dreams of becoming a gangster. He performs small tasks for local mobsters, and when he's arrested by the police for smuggling cigarettes, he refuses to testify — earning the favor of mob boss Paul Cicero, who takes him into his service…
1963. Henry, together with Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito, carries out a successful airport robbery. The seasoned Jimmy becomes the young man’s friend and mentor. Henry marries a high school–age Jewish girl named Karen, and on the surface, he lives a peaceful, settled life. After the wedding, his wife discovers the real source of Henry’s income and accepts it as an irreversible fact…
1970. Henry leaves his wife after a jealous scene she creates over his mistress. At Cicero’s urging, however, he continues to maintain the appearance of a functioning marriage. For brutally beating a debtor, Henry and Jimmy are sentenced to ten years. In prison, Henry becomes involved in the drug trade, fearing his family will be left without means. After being paroled after four years, he promises Cicero that he’ll quit drugs...
