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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 Americas big cities at the turn of the century and of his bright intelligence which he used for moving into crime. "Im 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 films thrust that of personalities and relationships rather than of acts of violence or the workings of corrupt deeds.
Biopic of the infamous gangster who is widely attributed with organizing the mafia into a national crime organization in the USA. The Lansky family migrated to the US when he was only 8 years old and by the time he was a teenager, he developed an interest in gambling and saw the potential profit. With his good friend Ben Siegel providing the muscle, he graduated from back alley games to a small gambling den. Along with a new partner, Charles Luciano, the three men kill two major bosses and establish themselves as major gangsters. Lansky further organizes the US mafia and became the major force behind gambling in Havana. In old age, he tried to establish residence in Israel but was forced to return to the US to face prosecution.
Richard Dreyfuss
Meyer Lansky
Yosef Carmon
Rabbi
Mosko Alkalai
Jewelry Shopkeeper
Fima Noveck
Hasid in Grodno
Joshua Praw
Meyer Lansky Age 8
Bernardo Hiller
Max Lansky
Jill Holden
Yetta Lansky
Larry Moss
Benjamin Lansky
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Jake Lansky Ages 9-11
Ryan Merriman
Meyer Lansky Ages 12-14
Benjamin Kimball Smith
Irish Gang Leader
Brian Casey
Irish Boy #1
Adam Hendershott
Irish Boy #2
Daniel Sagal
Irish Boy #3
Anthony Medwetz
Benny Siegel Age 11
Amit Alon
Boy Outside Jewelry Shop
Paul Sincoff
Charlie Luciano Ages 17-30
P.C. Frieberg
Old City Civilian
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