Rags to Riches (song) recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963) and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971) also made the Billboard charts. Tony Bennett's version was used at the beginning of the film "Goodfellas", just after Henry Hill closes the trunk of the car and says in voice-over, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." The song was also used in an episode of "Columbo". The opening line of the song was sung regularly and exuberantly by the character Carmine Ragusa on the television series "Laverne & Shirley", typically when he had good news. "Rags
American Gangster (film) charts. "American Gangster" ended up as the 14th best-selling DVD of 2008. It also topped the high-definition charts despite being released in the same week Toshiba announced it would discontinue the HD DVD format. On October 14, the film saw its release on Blu-ray. A mobile game based on the film was released by Gameloft on November 1. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 212 reviews, with a rating average of 7/10, with the consensus being: ""American Gangster" is a gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films,