Lucky Luciano

• Director: Francesco Rosi
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• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Docudrama, Crime Drama
• Themes: Political Corruption, Drug Trade
• Main Cast: Gian Maria Volontè, Rod Steiger, Charles Siragusa, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Gardenia
• Release Year: 1973
• Country: IT/FR
• Run Time: 113 minutes

Plot

Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal and illegal exercises of power in this sensationalized account of the infamous gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Gian Maria Volonte). The film examines the life of Luciano after serving nine years of his 50-year sentence in the 1930s and 1940s, after which he was pardoned and deported to Italy. Once back in Italy, Luciano travels to Naples, where he finds himself under a continuous ten-year investigation by narcotics investigator Charles Siragusa (who plays himself). Rosi uses Luciano as a clinical study, questioning his legendary status and exploring the truth behind the legend. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Gian Maria Volontè - Lucky Luciano
• Rod Steiger - Gene Giannini
• Charles Siragusa - Himself
• Edmond O'Brien - Harry J. Anslinger
• Vincent Gardenia - American Colonel

Charles Cioffi - Vito Genovese; Lucille Ball; Silverio Blasi - Italian Captain; George Brent; Carl Esmond; Larry Gates - Judge Herlands; Magda Konopka - The Contessa; Folco Jacques Monod - French Commissioner; Vera Zorina; William Wright

Credit

Andrea Crisanti - Art Director, Charles Siragusa - Consultant/advisor, Francesco Rosi - Director, Ruggero Mastroianni - Editor, Piero Piccioni - Composer (Music Score), Pasqualino De Santis - Cinematographer, Franco Cristaldi - Producer, Tonino Guerra - Screenwriter, Ugo Guerra - Screenwriter, Lino Jannuzzi - Screenwriter, Francesco Rosi - Screenwriter, Rosi - Screenwriter

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