Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.
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- TriviaStar Tony Curtis with author Peter Golenbock revealed in Curtis' autobiography "American Prince: A Memoir" (2008) that he became heavily addicted to cocaine during production of this picture and would remain so for the next decade.
- GoofsIn the movie, Lepke's trusted partner Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro is shot to death at Coney Island while trying to protect Lepke from assassins. In real life, Shapiro turned himself in to the authorities, accepted a prison term, and actually outlived Lepke by several years, dying in prison of natural causes in 1947.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 20 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
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Gangster drama about the head of Murder Inc : Louis ¨Lepke¨ Buchalter effectively played by Tony Curtis
The life and fast times of Louis ¨Lepke¨ Buchalter from his days in reform school incarnated by Barry Miller to his days as an adult : Tony Curtis when marries Bernice : Anjanette Comer and as head of Murder Inc whose syndicate spattered the headlines of the day with blood and eventually his execution in 1944 . It was 1935 , the board of Murder Inc met to discuss business , everybody was there . Dutch Schulz attempts to kill prosecutor Thomas Dewey , but it isn't accepted by the Comission, then resulting a a death warrant gainst a main mobster . There Louis ¨Lepke¨ Buchalter decided to become chairman and all hell broke loose. He was the king of crime when crime was king ¡
Exciting mobster movie packs noisy action , thrills , intense drama with romance , grisly killings with high body-count , shootouts and lots of violence. The tale sticks close to the facts , taking here and there of the actual events. Being an acceptable and passable story though weighty and uninspired , at times . In fact , it results to be a peculiar attempt to do a Jewish ¨Godfather¨ that makes nothing of all its promising material . Depicting the rise of the Syndicate and Murder Inc with intervention of notorious mobsters as Lucky Luciano, Albert Anastasia , Dutch Schulz and the subtle change of tack under pressure from the clean-up campaigns of the late 30s and early 40s , as well as the fall of the killer gangster Louis Lepke Buchalter . Tony Curtis gives a nice acting in the lead role as the colorful gangster who carries out a thunderous criminal career and he'll stop at nothing , at whatever cost , to get his purports, including taking down witnesses , resulting in fateful consequences . Here shows up various famous mobsters as the main chief Lucky Luciano , Albert Anastasia , Vito Genovese , Gurrah Shapiro, , Bugsy Siegel , Dutch Schulz , Frank Costello , being played by notorious actors as Gianni Russo , Vic Tayback , Warren Berlinger , John Durren , among others . And , of course , the good guys and lawmen as Prosecutor Thomas Dewey and FBI chief : J. Edward Hoover .
It displays a colorful and evocative cinematography by cameraman Andrew Davis , subsequently a successful director. As well as moving and thrilling musical score by Kenneth Wannberg. The motion picture was professionally directed by Menahem Golan who created along with Yoram Globus the famous Cannon Productions. Rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable . It isn't a classic , but watch worth seeing.
Exciting mobster movie packs noisy action , thrills , intense drama with romance , grisly killings with high body-count , shootouts and lots of violence. The tale sticks close to the facts , taking here and there of the actual events. Being an acceptable and passable story though weighty and uninspired , at times . In fact , it results to be a peculiar attempt to do a Jewish ¨Godfather¨ that makes nothing of all its promising material . Depicting the rise of the Syndicate and Murder Inc with intervention of notorious mobsters as Lucky Luciano, Albert Anastasia , Dutch Schulz and the subtle change of tack under pressure from the clean-up campaigns of the late 30s and early 40s , as well as the fall of the killer gangster Louis Lepke Buchalter . Tony Curtis gives a nice acting in the lead role as the colorful gangster who carries out a thunderous criminal career and he'll stop at nothing , at whatever cost , to get his purports, including taking down witnesses , resulting in fateful consequences . Here shows up various famous mobsters as the main chief Lucky Luciano , Albert Anastasia , Vito Genovese , Gurrah Shapiro, , Bugsy Siegel , Dutch Schulz , Frank Costello , being played by notorious actors as Gianni Russo , Vic Tayback , Warren Berlinger , John Durren , among others . And , of course , the good guys and lawmen as Prosecutor Thomas Dewey and FBI chief : J. Edward Hoover .
It displays a colorful and evocative cinematography by cameraman Andrew Davis , subsequently a successful director. As well as moving and thrilling musical score by Kenneth Wannberg. The motion picture was professionally directed by Menahem Golan who created along with Yoram Globus the famous Cannon Productions. Rating : 6/10 , acceptable and passable . It isn't a classic , but watch worth seeing.
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- $900,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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