LUCKY LUCIANO (1974)

FRANCESCO ROSI

Gangster/Mob Thriller Drama 1940s 1950s True Stories Biopic Law/Legal/Solicitors/Trials Recommended

Cast

GIAN MARIA VOLONTE VINCENT GARDENIA SILVERIO BLASI CHARLES CIOFFI LARRY GATES ROD STEIGER EDMOND O'BRIEN

Plot

In 1946 the famous gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano is deported to his native Italy having just finished serving nine years in jail. Returning to Naples Luciano begins to revitalise his old mobster links but a dogged former federal narcotics agent continues to gather evidence, determined that the hoodlum's ruthless criminality will place him behind bars for the remander of his life.