Gangster Wars (1981)
19812h 1mCrimeDramaTV 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.
Cast
Michael NouriCharles "Lucky" Luciano
Brian BenbenMichael Lasker
Joe PennyBenjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Richard S. CastellanoGiuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria
Louis GiambalvoAl Capone
George DiCenzoArnold Rothstein
Joseph MascoloSalvatore Maranzano
Jonathan BanksDutch Schultz
Robert F. LyonsLegs Diamond
Markie PostChris Brennan- CChad ReddingJoy Olser
Madeleine StoweRuth Lasker
Robert John BurkeOfficer Reardon
Robert DaviVito Genovese
Jon PolitoThomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese- JJames AndronicaFrank Costello
Allan ArbusGoodman
Lelia GoldoniMrs. Lasker
Crew
- Director
- Richard C. Sarafian
- Writers
- Richard DeKoker
- Producers
- Stuart Cohen
Details
- Released
- April 9, 1981
- Language
- English
- IMDb
- tt0082434