Release Date | 1981-04-09 |
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Runtime | 121 minutes |
Genres | Crime, Drama, TV Movie |
Stars | Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano, Louis Giambalvo |
Directors | Richard C. Sarafian, Stuart Cohen, John Cacavas, Richard DeKoker |
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 though organized crime.