 SPOILER: The movie ends with the implication that Lefty was killed  after being "sent for". In real life, the FBI intercepted Lefty on  the way to being killed and arrested him; Sonny Black, however, was  "sent for" and subsequently murdered and the man who ordered Sonnys  killing, Joe Massino, head of the Bonnano crime family, wasnt found  guilty until 23 June 2005 when he got a life sentence for several  crimes, including the murder of Sonny. Lefty was sentenced to 20  years in prison; he was paroled after serving 11 years, and then  died of cancer two years later.