Film
Lucky Luciano
France · Italy- Age rating
- 16
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
- Year
- 1973
The real story behind Lucky Luciano, the high priest of crime
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.
Top cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Vincent Gardenia
Colonel Charles Poletti
Edmond O'Brien
Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Rod Steiger
Gene Giannini
Silverio Blasi
Italian Captain
Charles Cioffi
Vito Genovese
Larry Gates
Judge Herlands
Magda Konopka
Contessa
Dino Curcio
Don Ciccio
Jacques Monod
French Commissioner
Karin Petersen
Igea Lissoni
Charles Siragusa
Himself
Pier Maria Pasinetti
Narrator
Luigi Infantino
Opera Singer
Carlo Mazzarella
Radio Journalist
Antonio Maimone
Luciano Colitti
Pat Brocato
Mafioso
Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Written by
Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi, Lino Iannuzzi
Produced by
Franco Cristaldi
