Lansky (TV)
1999 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
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.
Direction John McNaughton
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Illeana Douglas · Bernard Hiller · Ryan Merriman · Beverly D'Angelo · Eric Roberts · Anthony LaPaglia · Jill Holden · Stanley DeSantis · Ron Gilbert · James Harper · Peggy Jo Jacobs · Yosef Carmon · Mosko Alkalai · Fima Noveck · Joshua Praw · Larry Moss · Chris Marquette · Matthew Settle · Max Perlich · P.C. Frieberg · Paul Sincoff · Anthony Medwetz · Daniel Sagal · Adam Hendershott · Brian Casey · Benjamin Smith · Sal Landi · Dean Norris · Robert Miano
Soundtrack George S. Clinton
Screenplay Uri Dan · Dennis Eisenberg · Eli Landau · David Mamet
Cinematography John A. Alonzo
Original title Lansky (TV)
4.5
86 votes (FilmAffinity)
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