An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Acting
Pacino's desperate, fading hitman will wreck you.
Direction
Newell makes mundanity feel like doom.
Writing
Fuggetaboutit entered the lexicon here.
Director
Mike Newell
Johnny Depp
Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone
Al Pacino
Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero
Michael Madsen
Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano
Bruno Kirby
Nicholas 'Nicky' Santora
James Russo
Paulie
Anne Heche
Maggie Pistone
Željko Ivanek
Tim Curley
Brian Tarantina
Bruno
Rocco Sisto
Richard 'Richie' Gazzo
Zach Grenier
Dr. Berger
Gerry Becker
Agent Dean Blandford FBI
Robert Miano
Alphonse 'Sonny Red' Indelicato
Paul Giamatti
FBI Technician
Gretchen Mol
Sonny's Girlfriend
Tim Blake Nelson
FBI Technician
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Joe Pistone still lives under an assumed identity; the film's release forced him deeper into hiding.
Pacino insisted on wearing Lefty's actual clothes and jewelry, loaned by the real Ruggiero's family.
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