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4.9Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in prison taught him the finer points of life on the wrong side of the law. After getting out of jail, Lepke and his pal Gurrah Shapiro join a gang who hire themselves out as strikebreakers, and the vicious but clever Lepke soon rises through the ranks.
Released: 1975-05-23110 minDir: Menahem GolanDrama, Crime
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
- Anjanette Comer as Bernice Meyer
- Michael Callan as Robert Kane
- Warren Berlinger as Gurrah Shapiro
- Gianni Russo as Albert Anastasia
- Milton Berle as Mr. Meyer
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Key dates
- Published
- 16 September 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Menahem Golan
- Screenwriter
- Tamar Simon Hoffs
- Composer
- Kenneth Wannberg
- Producer
- Menahem Golan
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Davis
- Duration
- +111
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Categories
1970s gangster films1975 American films1975 crime drama films1975 English-language films1975 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsAmerican crime drama filmsAmerican films based on actual eventsAmerican gangster filmsBiographical films about gangstersCultural depictions of Albert AnastasiaCultural depictions of Louis Buchalter