Organized crime boss Meyer Lansky remembers his life as he is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the USA have put out an extradition order for him.
Acting
Dreyfuss commits hard to Lansky's cold calculation.
Production
Period details on a made-for-TV budget—scrappy but sincere.
Director
John McNaughton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Meyer Lansky died in 1983; his family threatened legal action over earlier biopic attempts. This HBO film finally got made after years in development hell.
Lansky claimed he 'stole more from casinos than he ever made from the mob'—the film toys with this ambiguity, never fully committing to myth or reality.
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