
The Mind That Organized Crime.
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Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Yosef Carmon
- Mosko Alkalai
- Fima Noveck
- Joshua Praw
- Bernard Hiller
- Jill Holden
- Larry Moss
- Chris Marquette
- Ryan Merriman
- Benjamin Kimball Smith
- Brian Casey
- Adam Hendershott
- Daniel Sagal
- Anthony Medwetz
- Amit Alon
- Paul Sincoff
- P.C. Frieberg
- Max Perlich
- Matthew Settle
- Stanley DeSantis
- Scott Rabinowitz
- Jeff Perry
- Illeana Douglas
- Bill Capizzi
- Eric Saiet
- Michael Krawic
- Brian Frank
- Ron Gilbert
- David Selburg
- Lawrence Arancio
- Nick Corello
- James Harper
- Tom La Grua
- Sal Landi
- Dean Norris
- Anthony LaPaglia
- Randy Polk
- John Gavigan
- Robert Miano
- Eric Roberts
- Peggy Jo Jacobs
- Scott Haven
- Beverly D'Angelo
- A.J. Tannen
- Ron Pacheco
- Octavia Spencer
- Tom Towles
- Mitchell Roche
- Kenneth Meseroll
- Maria Carmen
- Peter Siragusa
- Tom Dreesen
- Claudine Barros
- Angelo Pagán
- Marcello Sousa
- Jeffrey Sharmat
- Devon Michael
- Arnie Alpert
- Francis Guinan
- Bert Remsen
- Ron Perkins
- Michael Townsend Wright
- Bix Barnaba
- Maura Vincent
- Diva Haase
- Michelle C. Bonilla
- Eddie Driscoll
- Peter Dobson
- Manuel de Jesus
- Raul Guterres
- Phil Reeves
- Susie Spear Purcell
- Michael Steve Jones
- Matthew Butcher
- Larkin Campbell
- Michael Barrett Caron
- Frank M. Gero
- Joey Dee
- Kathe Mazur
- James Noah
- Michael I. Freilich
- Lynne Marie Stewart
- Maury Ginsberg
- Mickey Knox
- Scott Brantley
- Mário Lara
- Griffin Howell
- Casey McFadden
- Douglas M. Nelson
Plots
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.
Biopic of the infamous gangster who is widely attributed with organizing the mafia into a national crime organization in the USA. The Lansky family migrated to the US when he was only 8 years old and by the time he was a teenager, he developed an interest in gambling and saw the potential profit. With his good friend Ben Siegel providing the muscle, he graduated from back alley games to a small gambling den. Along with a new partner, Charles Luciano, the three men kill two major bosses and establish themselves as major gangsters. Lansky further organizes the US mafia and became the major force behind gambling in Havana. In old age, he tried to establish residence in Israel but was forced to return to the US to face prosecution.
Bio-pic of mob boss Meyer Lansky explores his childhood, including his friendship with Bugsy Siegel, their venture into the formation of Las Vegas, and his subsequent attempt to organize pre-Castro Cuba as a vacation resort.