Hollywood tough guy

Robert Mitchum was a legitimate tough guy.. His macho mannerisms were a templet.for Hoodlums everywhere ..They copied his swaggering walk, hell, others even smoked their cigarettes like him. .Mtchum's machismo didn't only extend to the silver screen, he became double-tough as a result of many barroom brawls Mitchum regularly caught the Friday night fight card at the Olympic auditorium with his friend, mobster, Anthony "the Animal "Fiato . Mitchum and Fiato were both boxing buffs.. They would go toe-to-toe for hours calling each others favorite fighter a bum , or tomato can.. Fiato says Mitchum's love for boxing can best be described by this Quote from the movie"The Champion".. " Hell , I'm a sucker, I just cant help watching a couple of good boys in action"

Johnny "Handsome Johnny" Stompanato made his mark in Hoodlum folk lore as a gat-carrying -bodyguard for gangster Mickey Cohen. In a conversation between mobsters Jimmy Fratianno and Anthony "the Animal "Fiato , Fratianno said to Fiato,--"Johnny was a cunt-lapper"-- them kind-a guys are weak.---" "Mickey loved him"--- 'he was prettier than most broads". Fratianno's remarks aside, Johnny might have had Movie Star looks, but he was cursed with a very ugly temper.. In a ferocious fit of jealousy, Johnny threatened to kill his girlfriend actress Lana Turner. Turners daughter stuck a butcher knife in Johnny-- and stabbed him to death--- claiming she was in fear for her and her mother's life.
The press had a field day with this sexy story. Teens of that era dubbed a dance, the Stompanato Stomp, a dance, where the Girls CUT IN .

Steve " two ton" Munichello was Hollywood Mob boss Anthony "the Animal" Fiato's bodyguard. Munichello was heard on an F.B. I. wiretap bragging how he wanted to pour gasoline over a Nun, then light her on fire and watch her burn to death ..