{"id":42584,"date":"2026-09-19T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42584"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:32:23","slug":"momo-the-sam-giancana-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=42584","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Momo: The Sam Giancana Story&#8221; (2011) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z091926review_momo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>&#8220;Momo: The Sam Giancana Story&#8221; <\/i>(2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Dimitri Logothetis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Nicholas Celozzi, Dimitri Logothetis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars:\u00a0 <strong>Jack Palance, Harold J. Stone, Barbara Lang, Edward Platt <\/strong>and<strong> Timothy Carey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Full length feature documentary about the life of one of the most notorious mob leaders in history as told by his family.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Giancana rose to become one of the most powerful figures in the underworld.\u00a0 Giancana began a life of crime as a gang member when he was still in his teens.\u00a0 He became known as an excellent getaway driver.\u00a0 But unlike movie wheelmen, Giancana wasn&#8217;t hestiant to use a gun.\u00a0 Before he was 21, Giancana was the prime subject in three murder investigations.\u00a0 He wasn&#8217;t ever put on trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giancana rose to power because of his willingness to make bold moves and take down those who didn&#8217;t come along.\u00a0 Giancana was present at the infamous 1957 organized crime meeting that tipped off authorities that organized crime was widespread and real.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giancana is credited to have played a major role in getting John F. Kennedy elected.\u00a0 He reportedly worked with the C.I.A. on plans to assassinate Fidel Castro.\u00a0 It is documented that he shared a mistress with JFK and she carried messages back and forth for them.\u00a0 Rumors persist that Giancana was &#8220;behind&#8221; the Marilyn Monroe &#8220;suicide&#8221;.\u00a0 He may have been involved in the JFK assassination.\u00a0 Giancana was linked to the RFK assassination.\u00a0 His hatred for RFK is well-documented.\u00a0 Giancana was assassinated just days before he was to testify before a Senate Committee regarding the CIA-Mafia assassination plots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Giancana&#8217;s children present his life story through vintage photos, video, news reports, as well as their own remembrances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe the amount of influence Sam Giancana had.\u00a0 Yet, despite all of his power, he was murdered in his own house by someone close to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><i>&#8220;Momo: The Sam Giancana Story&#8221; <\/i>(2011)<\/strong> rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z091926review_momo2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Momo: The Sam Giancana Story&#8221; (2011) Director: Dimitri Logothetis Screenplay: \u00a0Nicholas Celozzi, Dimitri Logothetis Stars:\u00a0 Jack Palance, Harold J. 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