In 1930, impoverished taxi driver Tommy Angelo is strong-armed by two members of the Salieri crime family - Paulie and Sam - into helping them escape an ambush by the rival Morello family. Tommy is compensated for his help and offered a position in Don Salieri's organization, which he is forced to accept the following day, when two Morello gangsters track him down and destroy his cab in an act of revenge. Tommy is welcomed into the Salieri family and begins assisting with running their rackets across Lost Heaven, overseen by Salieri's trusty consigliere Frank Colletti. Tommy quickly befriends Sam and Paulie as they carry out various jobs together, while earning Salieri's respect for thwarting Don Morello's attempts to interfere in his business
