Gangster Wars

Gangster Wars
Directed by	Richard C. Sarafian
Produced by	Stuart Cohen
Written by	Richard DeKoker
Starring	Michael Nouri Joe Penny Brian Benben Kathleen Lloyd Madeleine Stowe Markie Post Allan Arbus Louis Giambalvo James Andronica Robert Davi Joseph Mascolo Kenneth Tigar Richard S. Castellano Jon Polito Jonathan Banks George DiCenzo Robert F. Lyons Richard Foronjy Karen Kondazian
Music by	John Cacavas
Distributed by	CIC
Release dates	April 9, 1981
Running time	121 min.
Language	English

Gangster Wars is a 1981 crime drama directed by Richard C. Sarafian.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.

Adaptation

This movie is based on an original telecast from 1981 called The Gangster Chronicles. It was a three-hour opener for the subsequent miniseries. In addition to the characters above Brian Benben's character is a fictional composite of several mobsters (here named "Michael Lasker"). While the miniseries covered nearly four decades, the opener takes us from 1907 to the Prohibition era of the 1920s. After its initial run, the entire Gangster Chronicles saga was boiled down to 121 minutes and released to videocassette as Gangster Wars.

External links

Gangster Wars at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Richard C. Sarafian

Terror at Black Falls (1962)
Andy (1965)
Shadow on the Land (1967)
Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
One of Our Own (1975)
The Next Man (1976)
The African Queen (1977)
A Killing Affair (1977)
Sunburn (1979)
Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Gangster Wars (1981)
Splendor in the Grass (1981)
The Bear (1984)
Liberty (1986)
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Street Justice (1989)
Solar Crisis (1990)

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