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7.3/10 TV No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 8 May 1981 Locations Capitola, Santa Cruz | 8.4/10 IMDb Directed by Richard C. Sarafian Country of origin United States First episode date 2 February 1981 Director Richard C. Sarafian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by David AssaelArt EisensonStephen McPhersonMark Rodgers Starring Michael NouriJoe PennyJon PolitoMadeleine StoweMarkie PostRobert DaviBrian BenbenLouis GiambalvoE.G. MarshallKaren Kondazian Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Series Similar The Lawless Years, Boardwalk Empire, The Untouchables, Wiseguy, crime Story | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The gangster chronicles episode 1
The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama miniseries starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd, Madeleine Stowe, Chad Redding, Markie Post, Allan Arbus, James Andronica, Robert Davi, Joseph Mascolo, and narrated by E.G. Marshall.
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Overview
A historically-based crime drama about the lives of gangsters Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone.
There were 13 60-minute episodes. The series was narrated by E. G. Marshall.
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Gangster Wars
Gangster Wars is a 1981 crime film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and based on the original Gangster Chronicles telecast. The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise through organized crime.
This movie was a three-hour opener for the subsequent miniseries. In addition to the characters above Brian Benben's character is a fictional composite of several mobsters (here named "Michael Lasker"). While the miniseries covered nearly four decades, the opener takes us from 1907 to the Prohibition era of the 1920s. After its initial run, the entire Gangster Chronicles saga was boiled down to 121 minutes and released to videocassette as Gangster Wars.
