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.
Acting
Tony Curtis fights for dignity in a cheap production, almost wins.
Production
Golan's Israeli-American B-movie energy meets 1930s Brownsville.
Director
Menahem Golan
Tony Curtis
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
Anjanette Comer
Bernice Meyer
Michael Callan
Robert Kane
Warren Berlinger
Gurrah Shapiro
Gianni Russo
Albert Anastasia
Milton Berle
Mr. Meyer
Vic Tayback
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Marion
Louis Guss
Max Rubin
Albert Cole
Gross
Simmy Bow
Albert Tannenbaum
Russ Grieve
Judge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Menahem Golan made this between his Israeli war films and founding Cannon Pictures with cousin Yoram Globus.
This was one of the only mainstream films about Jewish-American organized crime until 'Bugsy' and 'The Sopranos' years later.
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