The Calabrese family of Chicago is a close-knit, middle-class,multi-generational Italian-Irish-American clan. They operate familybusinesses. They work day and night striving for the AmericanDream. All three sons forge a bond with their controlling father,Frank Sr., and their soft-spoken favorite uncle, Nick. As a boy,the oldest son, Frank Jr., realizes that his father and uncle arealso “made” members of another close-knit family: the outfit.