- Release Date: 1973
- Runtime: 105 min
- Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
- Starring: Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi ... see all
- Director: Francesco Rosi
- Plot: Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is... Read more
User Reviews
Lucky(?) Luciano
Feb 09, 2008
RudolfhetRendier - imdb.com
Feb 09, 2008RudolfhetRendier - imdb.com
This movie is boring. Plain boring, nothing else. And I've a great tolerance of movies that most people find boring.I still wonder what I just watched. Is it a documentary? Most gangster films are pretty slow, but this one is... Full review
multi layered masterpiece
Nov 07, 2007
ccgocc - imdb.com
Nov 07, 2007ccgocc - imdb.com
loosely focusing on Lucanio's life in Italy, this movie combines elements of documentary, gangster flick and political movie. a Reality component is added to the movie by Charles Siragusa playing himself as prosecutor of Luciano. In the real world Siragusa failed... Full review
Luciano may be lucky but not the audience
Nov 05, 2003
Ron Broadfoot - imdb.com
Nov 05, 2003Ron Broadfoot - imdb.com
This biography of notorious American racketeer Charles "Lucky" Luciano would have probably worked better if they had made it into a TV mini-series which traced his entire life from his poverty-stricken childhood in Sicily to his rise to power in... Full review
Definitely not your standard American Mafia movie
Feb 14, 1999
Levana Taylor - imdb.com
Feb 14, 1999Levana Taylor - imdb.com
In this country, Lucky Luciano is one of those 20s legends who have so often been glamorized in movies; we tend to be fascinated by such characters, and although films tend to either explicitly condemn them or show them coming... Full review
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