Lepke (1975)
1h 50m
Running Time
May 23, 1975Release Date
Lepke (1975)
1h 50m
Running Time
May 23, 1975Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.
Tony Curtis
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
Anjanette Comer
Bernice Meyer
Michael Callan
Robert Kane
Gianni Russo
Albert Anastasia
Warren Berlinger
Gurrah Shapiro
Menahem Golan
Director
Milton Berle
Mr. Meyer
Wesley Lau
Writer
Vic Tayback
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Marion
Tamar Simon Hoffs
Writer
Jack Ackerman
Little Augie
Yoram Globus
Producer
Kenneth Wannberg
Composer
Louis Guss
Max Rubin
Andrew Davis
Cinematographer
Lillian Adams
Mama Meyer
Albert Cole
Gross
Zitto Kazann
Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles
Simmy Bow
Albert Tannenbaum
Russ Grieve
Judge
Clement von Franckenstein
Bugsy Siegel
Vaughn Meader
Walter Winchell
Johnny Silver
Schwartz
J.S. Johnson
Mendy Weiss
John Durren
Dutch Schultz
Barry Miller
Young Lepke
Jon Ian Jacobs
Big Hesh
Matt Greene
Skinny
Richard C. Adams
Thomas E. Dewey
Edwin Fuller
J. Edgar Hoover
Chuck Hayward
Doorman
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Wiki.
Lepke is a 1975 film starring Tony Curtis as the Jewish-American gangster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. It is often regarded by film critics as one of Tony Curtis's most underrated movies and one of his finest performances