Lansky (1999)
The mind that organised crime.
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.
- Date of release
- 1999-02-27
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, TV Movie
- Director
- John McNaughton
Casting
- Richard Dreyfuss — Meyer Lansky
- Illeana Douglas — Anna Lansky
- Anthony LaPaglia — Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- Eric Roberts — Ben "Bugsy" Siegel
- Beverly D'Angelo — Teddy Lansky
- Yosef Carmon — Rabbi / Caretaker
- Mosko Alkalai — Jewelry Shopkeeper
- Fima Noveck — Hasid in Grodno
- Joshua Praw — Eight-Year-Old Meyer Lansky
- Jill Holden — Yetta Lansky
- James Harper — Longy Zwillman
- Octavia Spencer — Evelyn
Interesting facts
Lansky is a 1999 American crime drama television film directed by John McNaughton and written by David Mamet, based in part on the 1979 biography Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob by Uri Dan, Dennis Eisenberg, and Eli Landau. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as the famous gangster Meyer Lansky, Eric Roberts as Bugsy Siegel, and Ryan Merriman as the young Lansky. Illeana Douglas, Beverly D'Angelo, and Anthony LaPaglia also star. The film aired on HBO on February 27, 1999.
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