In Popular Culture
- In The Godfather movie, Sonny Corleone beat up Carlo on Pleasant Avenue.
- In Carlito's Way the Purple Gang was referred to as the 'Pleasant Avenue Crew'.
- In Analyze That Robert De Niro recalled growing up with the Purple gang.
- The Purple Gang was also the subject of books "The Pleasant Avenue Connection" (Harper & Row, 1976) and "Blue Domino" (Putnam, 1978).
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