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Michael Sullivan Sr. is based on Dan Drost — a former Looney lieutenant who joined up with other gangsters after the 1922 Gabel murder. Crucially, he orchestrated the mob hit that ended with Connor Looney's death.
Michael Sullivan, Sr. was orphaned and then raised by Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois; unbeknownst to his own children, he is now Rooney's most fearsome enforcer. Rooney has come to love Sullivan more than he loves his own biological son, the rash and unpredictable Connor.
For the bank robberies sequence, Tyler Hoechlin (Michael Sullivan, Jr.) had to learn to drive, something he was only too happy to do. Hoechlin mastered it all easily, but, just to be on the safe side, a stunt driver was sitting in the back, with his own set of driving controls.
Michael Sullivan, Sr. (Tom Hanks) is an enforcer for Rock Island Irish mob boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), during the Great Depression. Rooney raised the orphan Sullivan and loves him more than his own biological son, the unstable Connor (Daniel Craig).
‘Road to Perdition’ is a period crime movie directed by Sam Mendes. Set in 1931, the neo-noir drama follows mob enforcer Michael Sullivan and his son Michael Sullivan Jr. who are on the run after the latter accidentally witnesses a murder.
Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) is an enforcer for powerful Depression-era Midwestern mobster John Rooney (Paul Newman).
Although Michael Sullivan Sr. and his son are fictional characters, as reported by MovieWeb, John Rooney and his son Connor were loosely based on the mobster John Patrick Looney, whose son was...
