Lucky Luciano (film)
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| Lucky Luciano | |
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 US film poster | |
| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Screenplay by | Francesco Rosi Lino Iannuzzi Tonino Guerra English Version: Jerome Chodorov |
| Story by | Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Starring | Gian Maria Volonté Edmund O'Brien Vincent Gardenia Charles Cioffi Larry Gates Charles Siragusa Rod Steiger |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Production companies | Vides Cinematografica Les Films de la Boétie Harbor Productions |
| Distributed by | Titanus Distribuzione (Italy) AVCO Embassy Pictures (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France United States |
| Languages | Italian English |
Lucky Luciano is a 1973 Italian crime drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It stars Gian Maria Volonté and Vincent Gardenia.[1] It was shown as part of the Cannes Classics section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté as Lucky Luciano
- Vincent Gardenia as Colonel Charles Poletti
- Silverio Blasi as Italian Captain
- Charles Cioffi as Vito Genovese
- Larry Gates as Judge Herlands
- Karin Petersen as Igea Lissoni
- Edmond O'Brien as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
- Magda Konopka as Contessa
- Charles Siragusa as himself, a United States narcotics agent
- Rod Steiger as Gene Giannini
See also
Trivia
Rod Steiger, playing Gene Giannini, is filmed in a medium long shot seated on the right side of the screen with a map of Italy in the background. Ten years earlier, in Hands over the City, when Rod Steiger was playing Edoardo Nottola, a similar shot was made with a map of Napoli.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Cannes Classics 2013 line-up unveiled". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
External links
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Categories:
- 1973 films
- 1970s crime drama films
- American films
- Biographical films about mobsters
- Cultural depictions of Lucky Luciano
- Cultural depictions of Vito Genovese
- Films directed by Francesco Rosi
- Films set in 1962
- Films set in Naples
- Films set in Palermo
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in New York City
- Mafia films
- American crime drama films
- Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra
- Embassy Pictures films
- Films scored by Piero Piccioni
- 1973 drama films
- 1970s crime drama film stubs