Gangster Wars

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
9 April 1981    2h 1mCrime, Biography,
6.67.5
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.

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  • Michael NouriCharles "Lucky" Luciano
  • Brian BenbenMichael Lasker
  • Joe PennyBenjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
  • Richard S. CastellanoGiuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria
  • Louis GiambalvoAl Capone
  • George DiCenzoArnold Rothstein
  • Joseph MascoloSalvatore Maranzano
  • Jonathan BanksDutch Schultz
  • Robert F. LyonsLegs Diamond
  • Markie PostChris Brennan
  • Chad ReddingJoy Olser
  • Madeleine StoweRuth Lasker
  • Robert John BurkeOfficer Reardon
  • Robert DaviVito Genovese
  • Jon PolitoThomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
  • James AndronicaFrank Costello
  • Allan ArbusGoodman
  • Lelia GoldoniMrs. Lasker
  • Kathleen LloydStella Siegel
  • Richard C. SarafianDirector

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