• Source: The Gangster Chronicles

The Gangster Chronicles is a 1981 American crime drama television miniseries starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd, Madeleine Stowe, Chad Redding, Markie Post, Allan Arbus, James Andronica, Robert Davi, Joseph Mascolo, and narrated by E.G. Marshall.




Overview


A historically-based crime drama about the lives of gangsters Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky. Covering seven decades, starting in 1907.
There were 13 60-minute episodes. The series was narrated by E. G. Marshall.




Cast


Michael Nouri as Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Joe Penny as Benny "Bugsy" Siegel
Brian Benben as Michael Lasker (The character was based on real life Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky who was still alive when the series went to production. The character's name was changed to Michael Lasker to avoid legal complications)
Jon Polito as Tommy "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese
George DiCenzo as Arnold Rothstein
Kathleen Lloyd as Stella Siegel
Madeleine Stowe as Ruth Lasker
Chad Redding as Joy Osler
Robert Burke as Inspector Reardon
Markie Post as Chris Brennan
Allan Arbus as Goodman
Louis Giambalvo as Al Capone
James Andronica as Frank Costello
Robert Davi as Vito Genovese
Joseph Mascolo as Salvatore Maranzano
David Wilson as Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
Kenneth Tigar as Thomas E. Dewey
Richard S. Castellano as Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria
Jonathan Banks as Dutch Schultz
Karen Kondazian as Mrs. Luciano
Michael Ensign as Owen "Owney The Killer" Madden
Thom Rachford as Charles "King" Solomon
Vincent Schiavelli as Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro




Gangster Wars



Gangster Wars is a 1981 American crime film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and based on the original Gangster Chronicles telecast. 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 through organized crime.
This movie was a three-hour opener for the subsequent miniseries. In addition to the characters above Brian Benben's character is a fictional composite of several mobsters (here named "Michael Lasker"). While the miniseries covered seven decades, the opener takes us from 1907 to the Prohibition era of the 1920s. After its initial run, the entire Gangster Chronicles saga was boiled down to 121 minutes and released to videocassette as Gangster Wars.




References






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External links


The Gangster Chronicles at IMDb
The Gangster Chronicles at AllMovie
Gangster Wars at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• E.G. Marshall
• Jonathan Banks
• Kim Ok-vin
• Ryan Gosling
• Mireille Enos
• Brad Pitt
• Roll the Bones
• Norman Reedus
• Frank Grillo
• Filmografi Ma Dong-seok
• The Gangster Chronicles
• Brian Benben
• Madeleine Stowe
• Joe Penny
• The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
• Michael Nouri
• Gangster Chronicle
• Richard S. Castellano
• Kathleen Lloyd
• Salvatore Maranzano