Lucky Luciano
Crime
Drama
The real story behind Lucky Luciano, the high priest of crime
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
1973-10-19
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Cast
Director
Francesco Rosi
Gian Maria Volonté as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Vincent Gardenia as Colonel Charles Poletti
Edmond O'Brien as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Rod Steiger as Gene Giannini
Silverio Blasi as Italian Captain
Charles Cioffi as Vito Genovese
Larry Gates as Judge Herlands
Magda Konopka as Contessa
Jacques Monod as French Commissioner
Karin Petersen as Igea Lissoni
Carlo Mazzarella as Radio Journalist
Antonio Maimone
Orazio Stracuzzi
Vittorio Fanfoni
Frank Adonis as Killer of Gene Giannini in New York (uncredited)
John Bartha as Agent on Stakeout (uncredited)
Aldo De Martino as (uncredited)
Bruno Di Luia as Joe Masseria's Assassin (uncredited)
Giuseppe Monteverdi as Man Slapping Luciano (uncredited)
Osvaldo Peccioli as Man in Airport (uncredited)
Stavros Tornes as Man at Table (uncredited)
Franco Ukmar as Mafia Hitman (uncredited)
Sandra Wolff as Woman in Airport (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi as Man at Airport (uncredited)