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The Iceman Confesses

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The Iceman Confesses
StarringRichard Kuklinski
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Release1992 (1992)
Release2001 (2001)

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer and The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman (also known as The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Hitman) are two documentaries that feature the Mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski. They were produced by HBO and released in 1992 and 2001, respectively.[1][2]

After years of silence, "The Iceman" speaks, in two interviews a decade apart, Richard Kuklinski, a notorious top enforcer for the Gambino crime family, tells his unusual and gruesome story.[citation needed] Raised on—and immune to—violence, he kept his job and tactics a secret from his adoring family.[citation needed] In 1986, after a long investigation, Kuklinski was betrayed by "the only friend I didn't kill" and when interviewed was serving multiple life sentences.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Alain Silver; James Ursini (2007). The Gangster Film Reader. Limelight. pp. 330–. ISBN 978-0-87910-332-3.
  2. ^ Knolle, Sharon (2017-06-06). "Five Chilling Documentaries about the Mob". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. ^ Peter Chrisp; T. G. Fieldwalker (14 October 2013). Chrisp's True Crime Miscellany: Stories * Facts * Tales & Trivia. Octopus Books. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-1-78157-132-3.