7.5

Gangster Wars
Released
2h 1m
4/9/1981
en - US
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.
Crime
Drama
TV Movie
Actors

Michael Nouri
Charles "Lucky" Luciano

Brian Benben
Michael Lasker

Joe Penny
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

Richard S. Castellano
Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria

Louis Giambalvo
Al Capone

George DiCenzo
Arnold Rothstein

Joseph Mascolo
Salvatore Maranzano

Jonathan Banks
Dutch Schultz

Robert F. Lyons
Legs Diamond

Markie Post
Chris Brennan

Chad Redding
Joy Olser

Madeleine Stowe
Ruth Lasker

Robert John Burke
Officer Reardon

Robert Davi
Vito Genovese

Jon Polito
Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese

James Andronica
Frank Costello

Allan Arbus
Goodman

Lelia Goldoni
Mrs. Lasker

Kathleen Lloyd
Stella Siegel