![]() ![]() After his conviction, Greene rose through the criminal underworld in Cleveland and waged war on the Mafia for control of the city. In 1964, he was convicted of embezzling $11,500 of the union's funds. He worked as a longshoreman on the Cleveland docks, until being chosen to serve as interim president of the International Longshoremen's Association in 1961. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Danny Greene. Production commenced in 2009, and filming took place in and around Detroit. īefore entering production, Kill the Irishman had a troubled development stage that lasted over a decade. Written by Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters, it is based on the life of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene, and was adapted from the book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Porrello. Kill the Irishman is a 2011 American biographical crime film directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, and starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer. ![]()
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