Main Cast: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 104 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this fictionalized account based on true figures, a foursome of young thugs decides to team up and take control of New York's east side from the aging bosses who control it. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
Lara Flynn Boyle - Mara Motes; Anthony Quinn - Don Masseria; Michael Gambon - Don Feranzano; Chris Penn - Tommy Reina; Nicholas Sadler - Mad Dog Coll; Bill Bastiani - Short Stick; Leslie Bega - Anna Lansky; Anna Berger - Mrs. Greene; Theresa Berquist - Dancer; Stan Berry - Card Player; Sean Blackman - Another Italian; Lada Boder - Dancer; Kerry Brennan - Dancer; Don Brockett - Irish Politician; Clark Heathcliffe Brolly - Mike Shane; Seymour Cassel - Father Bonotto; John Chappoulis - Joe Bonnano; Alan Charof - Rabbi; Frank Collison - Sonny Catania; Janice Cronkhite - Dancer; Russell Curry - Black Gangster; Erik Degn - Goon; Nick Dimitri - Bodyguard; Rodney Eastman - Joey; Ava Fabian - Cute Girl; Russ Fega - Nathan Citron; Fyvush Finkel - Tailor; Linda Fontanette - Maid; Richard Garneau - Room Service Waiter; Willie Garson - Telephone Operator; Jennifer Gatti - Secretary; Caroline Gillette - Little Sister; Elizabeth Graham - Cute Girl; Suzie Hardy - Dancer; Melissa Hurley - Dancer; Bryan Law - Irish Thug; Sharmagne Leland-St. John - Wedding Guest; Anya Longwell - Showgirl; Monique Noel Lovelace - Showgirl; Shannon Maloney - Dancer; Ron Marquette - Maitre d'; James Michael - Tony No Nose; Emile Nicolaou - Kid; Anto Nolan - Irish Cop; Trish Pamish - Dancer; Rachel Parker - Dancer; Miles Perlich - Crapshooter; Steve Picerni - Luciano's Driver; Steve Restivo - Little Brother; Andy Romano - Antonio Luciano; J.P. Romano - Goon; Karen Russell - Showgirl; Jeremy Schoenberg - Crapshooter; Jan Solomita - Wedding Guest; Trish Steele - Costello'sMother; Traci Swensen - Joey's Mother; Leonard Termo - Joe Palermo; Carmen Twillie - Blues Singer; Anna Villa - Dancer; Joe Viterelli - Joe Profaci; Lynette Walden - Cute Debutante; Titus Welliver - Al Capone; Jim Wilkey - Coll's Driver; Robert Z'Dar - Rocco; Bianca Rossini - Rosalie Luciano; Charlie Picerni - Bodyguard
Credit
Peter Smith - Art Director, Toni Basil - Choreography, Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer, Albert M. Shapiro - First Assistant Director, Michael Karbelnikoff - Director, Joe D'Augustine - Editor, Scott Smith - Editor, C.O. Erickson - Executive Producer, Michael Small - Composer (Music Score), Ronnie Spector - Makeup, Richard Sylbert - Production Designer, Lajos Koltai - Cinematographer, C.O. Erickson - Production Manager, C.O. Erickson - Producer, Stephen J. Roth - Producer, George R. Nelson - Set Designer, Paul Lombardi - Special Effects, Joe Lombardi - Special Effects, Roland Tantin - Special Effects, Michael Evje - Sound/Sound Designer, Mike Johnson - Stunts, Michael Mahern - Screen Story, Nicholas Kazan - Screenwriter, Michael Mahern - Screenwriter
The film focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky as they rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.[2]
