Lucky Luciano

Name: Lucky Luciano
Director: Francesco Rosi
Released: 1973

Francesco Rosi

organized crime mafia leadership corruption post-war politics power consolidation

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Synopsis

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

Cinema Atlas Connection

Scorsese said his influences for creating crime films included Jean-Pierre Melville’s 'Le Samouraï,' Francesco Rosi’s 'Salvatore Giuliano' and 'Lucky Luciano,' and Sergio Leone’s 'Once Upon a Time in America.'

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