Overview
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.
DirectorFrancesco Rosi
ProducersFranco Cristaldi
ScreenplayTonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi, Lino Iannuzzi
Top Casts
Gian Maria Volonté
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Edmond O'Brien
Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Rod Steiger
Gene Giannini
Vincent Gardenia
Colonel Charles Poletti
Silverio Blasi
Italian Captain
Charles Cioffi
Vito Genovese
Larry Gates
Judge Herlands
Magda Konopka
Contessa
Jacques Monod
French Commissioner
Karin Petersen
Igea Lissoni
Details
LanguageFrench, English, Italian
Production companiesVides Cinematografica, Les Films La Boétie, Titanus
TaglineThe real story behind Lucky Luciano, the high priest of crime
