Directed by:
John McNaughtonScreenplay:
David MametCinematography:
John A. AlonzoComposer:
George S. ClintonCast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Max Perlich, Anthony LaPaglia, Beverly D'Angelo, Matthew Settle, Illeana Douglas, Ryan Merriman, Chris Marquette (more)Plots(1)
The mob has many faces, but only one man is behind them all. Emigrating to America as a child, the young Meyer Lansky learns to fight with his wits and always comes out on top - and at a profit. Starting with a small gang, Lansky soon becomes a big-time gangster when, at the height of prohibition, he joins Bugsy Siegal and Lucky Luciano in creating a crime "syndicate" organizing and structuring crime to make it as efficient as any other business in America. But this is a business more openly crooked than most - and more violent. In their struggle to take and maintain power, not only would those mobsters outside the syndicate pay a deadly price - but sometimes even those within. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Eric Roberts
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Babylon (2022)
Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle (1999)
Max Perlich
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Blow (2001)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Anthony LaPaglia
Australia
Best movies:
Trees Lounge (1996)
Balibo (2009)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Beverly D'Angelo
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Hair (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Matthew Settle
USA
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
U-571 (2000)
The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV movie)
Illeana Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Cape Fear (1991)
Ryan Merriman
USA
Best movies:
Taken (2002) (series)
42 (2013)
Comanche Moon (2008) (series)
Chris Marquette
USA
Best movies:
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Alpha Dog (2006)
An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
Mosko Alkalai
Best movies:
Yana's Friends (1999)
Meeting Venus (1991)
Jesus (1979)
Robert Miano
Best movies:
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Smoke Signals (1998)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Peter Dobson
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
The Frighteners (1996)
Eddie Driscoll
Best movies:
Little Boy (2015)
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
Physical Evidence (1989)
Tom Towles
USA
Best movies:
Le Rocher (1996)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Les Princes de la ville (1993)
Dean Norris
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Gattaca (1997)
Angelo Pagan
Best movies:
Swordfish (2001)
Lansky (1999) (TV movie)
Dance with Me (1998)
Jeff Perry
USA
Best movies:
Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Trial by Fire (2018)
Bert Remsen
USA
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Sal Landi
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Savage Streets (1984)
Kenneth Meseroll
USA
Best movies:
Dark Skies (2013)
The '70s (2000) (TV movie)
Lansky (1999) (TV movie)