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Apr 3, 2020 · Michael Sullivan Sr. is based on Dan Drost — a former Looney lieutenant who joined up with other gangsters after the 1922 Gabel murder. Crucially, he orchestrated the mob hit that ended with Connor Looney's death.
Apr 30, 2022 · He was convicted of William Gabel’s murder, which had triggered a gang war. This bears some resemblance to the repercussions of Finn McGovern’s murder in the movie as it propels the narrative. In the film, Michael Sullivan shoots Rooney point-blank before killing his son Connor in a bathtub.
Michael Sullivan, Sr. was orphaned and then raised by Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois; unbeknownst to his own children, he is now Rooney's most fearsome enforcer. Rooney has come to love Sullivan more than he loves his own biological son, the rash and unpredictable Connor.
This is a splendid movie which fancies itself a revenger father called Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) , he is right-hand to Mr Rooney (Paul Newman) who has a nasty son (Daniel Craig) . When the mob enforcer's son (Tyler Hoechlin) spies , he's in for a shock and things go wrong .
- (287K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sam Mendes
- 2002-07-12
Jan 17, 2023 · In the film, after 12-year-old Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin) witnesses his father Michael Sullivan Sr. (Tom Hanks) and Connor Rooney (Daniel Craig), murder an associate and his bodyguards, Michael...
Apr 27, 2024 · Tom Hanks defies expectations in Road to Perdition by convincingly playing a conflicted mob enforcer. Hanks portrays Michael Sullivan's silent, menacing presence with skill, showing emotional...
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Jan 11, 2020 · Tom Hanks plays the lead, Michael Sullivan, a trusted fix-it man for the organization. One doesn't think of Hanks as Tommy Gun-wielding gangster but he really pulls it off.
