Release Date | 1975-05-23 |
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Runtime | 110 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Crime |
Stars | Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger, Gianni Russo |
Directors | Wesley Lau, Menahem Golan, Tamar Simon Hoffs, Yoram Globus, Kenneth Wannberg |
Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in prison taught him the finer points of life on the wrong side of the law. After getting out of jail, Lepke and his pal Gurrah Shapiro join a gang who hire themselves out as strikebreakers, and the vicious but clever Lepke soon rises through the ranks.