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LANSKY (1999) - TV Movie

The mind that Orginized Crime.

Bugsy Siegel & Lucky Luciano made headlines but one man controlled the game.

The movie is based on the book by Uri Dan, Dennis Eisenberg & Eli Landau. Book name "Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob"

Movie directed by John McNaughton.

Teleplay by David Mamet.

Original music by George S. Clinton.

The Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss as Meyer Lansky

Eric Roberts as Ben Siegel (age 40)

Anthony LaPaglia as Charlie Luciano (ages 30-40)

Max Perlich as Meyer Lansky (20's)

Beverly D'Angelo as Teddy Lansky

Matthew Settle as Bugsy Siegel (20's)

Illeana Douglas as Anna Lansky

Francis Guinan as Kefauver

Stanley DeSantis as Rothstein

Jeff Perry as Rosen

Ron Perkins as Polakoff

Maury Ginsburg as Uri Behar

Bill Capizzi as Joe Masseria

Ron Gilbert as Maranzano

Sal Landi as Joe Adonis

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Plot Summary:
This is the telling of the life of organized crime boss, Meyer Lansky, as remembered by him as a very old man who is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the US courts have put out an extradition order for him to stand trial. It tells of a young man growing up in the Jewish ghettos of America's big cities at the turn of the century and of his bright intelligence which he used for moving into crime. "I'm only a gambler," he claimed, "just like most all Americans." When asked by a reporter to comment on the killings that occurred under his leadership he declined, thereby making this film's thrust that of personalities and relationships rather than of acts of violence or the workings of corrupt deeds.

Summary written by BOB STEBBINS from imdb.com

| Boss of Bosses | Bugsy | Casino | The Departed | Donnie Brasco | Goodfellas | Gotti |
| Hoodlum | Lansky | Mobsters | The Untouchables | Witness To The Mob |

Some Information taken from imdb.com & amazon.com