LUCKY LUCIANO (1973) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Francesco Rosi

Written by - Tonino Guerra, Lino Iannuzzi, Francesco Rosi, Jerome Chodorov

Starring - Gian Maria Volonté, Edmund O'Brien, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates, Rod Steiger

"The story of one of the infamous Italian American mafia bosses of the forties. This film works best when Rosi sticks to his well known gritty thriller drama style, as it loses a lot of its energy with its stints in melodramatic territory. The story itself is a little weak, particularly in its final part."

Biopic, USA/France/Italy