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.
Acting
Volonté's reptilian stillness — you can't look away.
Direction
Rosi's documentary-style realism blurs fact and fiction.
Writing
The US-Mafia alliance: too wild to be fiction.
Director
Francesco Rosi
Gian Maria Volonté
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Edmond O'Brien
Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Rod Steiger
Gene Giannini
Vincent Gardenia
Colonel Charles Poletti
Silverio Blasi
Italian Captain
Charles Cioffi
Vito Genovese
Larry Gates
Judge Herlands
Magda Konopka
Contessa
Jacques Monod
French Commissioner
Karin Petersen
Igea Lissoni
Antonio Maimone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rosi filmed in actual locations where Luciano operated, sometimes without permits. The Sicilian Mafia reportedly 'observed' production.
The 'Luciano Project' — real declassified documents confirm Naval Intelligence collaborated with him for 1943 Sicilian invasion. Rosi wasn't exaggerating.
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