Lepke
5.5
“He was the king of crime when crime was king.”
Lepke 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.
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Cast
57 people
Tony Curtis
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
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Anjanette Comer
Bernice Meyer
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Michael Callan
Robert Kane
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Warren Berlinger
Gurrah Shapiro
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Gianni Russo
Albert Anastasia
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Mr. Meyer
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Vic Tayback
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
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Mary Charlotte Wilcox
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Jack Ackerman
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Louis Guss
Max Rubin
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Lillian Adams
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Albert Cole
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Menahem Golan Director · Wesley Lau Writer Tamar Simon Hoffs Writer
United States release May 23, 1975 · Produced in Israel, United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
AmeriEuro Pictures Corp
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Israel · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 23, 1975
Theatrical
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