UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob | Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa

Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa star in the untold true story of how the New York Mafia exploited the aftermath of 9/11.

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As New York reels from the attacks of 9/11, NYPD Lieutenant Commander Frank Sturiano races toward the devastation. He is soon handed the difficult task of overseeing the World Trade Center cleanup—unaware that the Five Families are already plotting to turn the tragedy into a fortune.

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UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob is the shocking true story born in the immediate aftermath of 9/11—one that has never been told. Names of the guilty have been changed to protect the innocent.

A production of Thoroughbred Studios, Goldhawk Productions, and iHeartPodcasts, created & written by Stephen Kronish and starring Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Ray Abruzzo and Arthur J. Nascarella.

Executive Producers: Michael Imperioli, Jeremy Fox, John Scott Dryden, Howard Stringer & Jason English

Director: John Scott Dryden

Original music: Sacha Puttnam

Producer: Emma Hearn

Editing and Sound Design:  Adam Woodhams & Andriena Gomez Casanova

Studio Engineers -  Paul Clark, Diana David, Mac Conklin, Adam

Primack & Mia Perfetti

Script Supervisor -  Flynn Hallman

Promo & Trailers Producer  - Jack Soper

Cast:

Frank Sturiano -  Michael Imperioli

Joe Bianchi -  Steve Schirripa

Mickey Cronin -  Ray Abruzzo

‘Dip’ Di Pietro -  Arthur J Nascarella

Connie Sturiano, - Tonya Cornelisse

Marie Bianchi & Tracey Marquez - Julee Cerda

Eddie Bernstein - Roberto Davide

TV Anchorman - Donald Sage Mackay

Frank Junior -  Luca Silva

Nicky - Hugo Dryden

Mayor Rudy Giuliani - Eric Meyers

North Tower Caller & Priest - Walles Hamonde

Janine Harris - Jennifer Armour

TV Anchorwoman - Vitoria Setta

Sergeant O’Connor -  Alexander Patsos

Carol - Nettie Chickering

South Tower Caller - Lily Lefkow

First Response Tommy & FDNY Chaplain - Nicolas Dipierro

Mob Soldier - Alessandro Caronna

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While rescuers search the ruins for survivors, Genovese captain Joe Bianchi sets an audacious criminal operation in motion. Desperate for trucks, machinery and manpower, Frank must rely on the mob-connected companies he was charged with keeping away from city contracts—bringing him face-to-face with Joe, his own brother-in-law.

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As fires threaten World Trade Center Building 7, Frank faces an impossible choice: uphold the law or accept help from mob-connected companies that could save lives. Meanwhile, the battle between Frank and Joe turns personal when Frank’s young son suddenly disappears.

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Frank uncovers an elaborate scheme to steal from the World Trade Center cleanup and forces a corrupt union official to wear a wire. But as police and mob crews race to reach a fortune buried beneath the rubble, Frank discovers that the conspiracy may reach much closer to home than he imagined.

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Frank makes the agonizing decision to end the search for survivors, then risks everything to expose the mob’s exploitation of Ground Zero. When the investigation threatens his home and family, he is drawn into a final confrontation with the last person he expected to betray him.

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