Gangster Wars
Gangster Wars
Release: 1981-04-09
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 7.5
Crime
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Cast
Kathleen Lloyd
as Stella Siegel
Michael Nouri
as Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Brian Benben
as Michael Lasker
Louis Giambalvo
as Al Capone
George DiCenzo
as Arnold Rothstein
Jonathan Banks
as Dutch Schultz
Robert Davi
as Vito Genovese
Joe Penny
as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Richard S. Castellano
as Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria
Markie Post
as Chris Brennan
Madeleine Stowe
as Ruth Lasker
Robert John Burke
as Officer Reardon
Jon Polito
as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
Allan Arbus
as Goodman
Joseph Mascolo
as Salvatore Maranzano
Robert F. Lyons
as Legs Diamond
Lelia Goldoni
as Mrs. Lasker
