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Oct 6, 2006 · The Departed: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg. An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Plot. In the 1980s in Boston, Irish Mob boss Frank Costello introduces himself to a young Colin Sullivan. Many years later, Sullivan has been groomed as a spy inside the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and joins the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).
Colin Sullivan (played by Matt Damon) is a Massachusetts State police detective. He has risen through the ranks to head up a special department. Public Enemy Number 1 is Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), a crime network kingpin, and Sullivan's main target.
List. South Boston cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes under cover to infiltrate the organization of gangland chief Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). As Billy gains the mobster's...
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Dec 26, 2023 · The ending of Scorsese's The Departed has twists and turns to match any thriller, and the surviving characters are key to understanding the movie.
Oct 6, 2006 · Martin Scorsese directs an all-star cast in this action-packed thriller set in Boston, where a long-simmering hostility between the police department and an Irish-American gang led by Costello (Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson--About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give) is primed to explode.
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks.
Jul 5, 2007 · Leonardo DiCaprio is Billy Costigan, an ace police cadet who is sent undercover by Capt. Queenan ( Martin Sheen) to infiltrate Costello's gang. Both men succeed with their fraudulent identities; Colin rises in the force, and Billy rises in the mob. The story's tension, which is considerable, depends on human nature.
The Departed. CRIME. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed.""The Departed" is set in South Boston where the state police is waging war on organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob run by gangland chief Costello (Nicholson).
