Lovo was based on Johnny Torrio and Camonte on Al Capone, and the film presents Costillo's murder as the beginning of Lovo and Camonte's involvement in bootlegging, similar to how Colosimo's refusal to allow bootlegging is considered the primary reason for his murder. Joe De Santis played Colosimo in Al Capone (1959). Frank Campanella played Colosimo in Capone (1975). Television Colosimo was portrayed by Peter Siragusa in the pilot episode of The Untouchables (1993). Colosimo and a fictionalized account of his murder was the subject of a 1993 episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, titled "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues." Colosimo was portrayed by Raymond Serra, Victoria Moresco by Linda Lutz, and Dale Winter by Jane Krakowski. Colosimo was portrayed by Peter Banks in a 1994 episode of In Suspicious Circumstances, titled No Witness, No Case (a reference to a prostitute who Colosimo had sent from Chicago to Connecticut, who was murdered after she talked to the police). In 2010, Colosimo's murder was depicted in the series premiere of HBO's Boardwalk Empire. It depicts Colosimo, played by Frank Crudele, as the victim of a hit ordered by Torrio and committed by Frankie Yale to allow Torrio to go into bootlegging. He was portrayed by Andre King in the 2016 docuseries The Making of the Mob: Chicago. Music In Ian Hunter’s song "Resurrection Mary", the story-teller, who sees the infamous ghost of the title, used to do "the numbers for Big Jim." See also List of unsolved murders References Further reading Bilek, Arthur J. The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee. Nashville: Cumberland House, 2008. 1878 births 1920 murders in the United States 1920 deaths Al Capone associates American brothel owners and madams American crime bosses Deaths by firearm in Illinois Italian emigrants to the United States Italian gangsters Murdered American gangsters of Italian descent People from Chicago People from Cosenza People murdered in Illinois Male murder victims Prohibition-era gangsters Unsolved murders in the United States Murdered criminals