Charles `'Lucky'` Luciano
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Lucky Luciano is a 1973 Italian/French/US international co-production crime film about the Sicilian-American gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano, played by Gian Maria Volonté. It is directed by Francesco Rosi, and written by Rosi, Tonino Guerra, Lino Iannuzzi, and Jerome Chodorov.
Lucky Luciano: Directed by Francesco Rosi. With Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi. Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
- (1.6K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Francesco Rosi
- 1974-11
Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for the establishment of the Commission in 1931, after he abolished the boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family .
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- Francesco Rosi
- R
- 6
A federal narcotics agent (Charles Siragusa) spends years trying to bring deported mob boss Luciano (Gian Maria Volonte) to justice.
- Biography, Crime, Drama
Luciano, after serving nine years of his 50-year sentence in the 1930s and 1940s, is pardoned and deported to Italy. Once back in Italy, Luciano travels to Naples, where he finds himself under a continuous ten-year investigation by narcotics investigator Charles Siragusa.
