Lucky Luciano (1973)
Lucky Luciano is a 1973 Italian-language crime movie directed by Francesco Rosi, with a running time of 1h 50m. It stars Gian Maria Volonté, Edmond O'Brien and Rod Steiger.
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.
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
- Edmond O'Brien as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
- Rod Steiger as Gene Giannini
- Vincent Gardenia as Colonel Charles Poletti
- 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
- Dino Curcio as Don Ciccio
- Charles Siragusa as Himself