The Gangster Chronicles
| The Gangster Chronicles | |
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| Written by | David Assael Art Eisenson Stephen McPherson Mark Rodgers |
| Directed by | Richard C. Sarafian |
| Starring |
Michael Nouri Joe Penny Jon Polito Madeleine Stowe Markie Post Robert Davi Brian Benben Louis Giambalvo E.G. Marshall Karen Kondazian |
| Theme music composer | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Matthew Rapf |
| Location(s) |
Capitola, California Santa Cruz, California |
| Running time |
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| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 2 – May 8, 1981 |
| Gangster Wars | |
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| Directed by | Richard C. Sarafian |
| Produced by | Stuart Cohen |
| Written by | Richard DeKoker |
| Starring |
Michael Nouri
Joe Penny
Brian Benben
Kathleen Lloyd
Madeleine Stowe
Markie Post
Allan Arbus
Louis Giambalvo
James Andronica
Robert Davi
Joseph Mascolo
Kenneth Tigar
Richard S. Castellano
Jon Polito Jonathan Banks George DiCenzo Robert F. Lyons Richard Foronjy Karen Kondazian |
| Music by | John Cacavas |
| Distributed by | CIC |
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Release date
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April 9, 1981 |
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Running time
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121 min. |
| Language | English |
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.
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.
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.
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