Movielogr
Gangster Wars (1981)
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Overview
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.
Length 121 minutes
Actors
Michael Nouri | Brian Benben | Joe Penny | Richard S. Castellano | Louis Giambalvo | George DiCenzo | Joseph Mascolo | Jonathan Banks | Robert F. Lyons | Markie Post | Chad Redding | Madeleine Stowe | Robert John Burke | Robert Davi | Jon Polito | James Andronica | Allan Arbus | Lelia Goldoni | Kathleen Lloyd