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In this scene from "The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story," Charlie Luciano (Michael Nouri) meets with Salvatore Maranzano (Joseph Mascolo) and is surprised by his guest, Al Capone (Louis Giambalvo) and an old flame of Charlie's, Chris Brennan (Markie Post), now with Capone.
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian; Written by Richard Alan Simmons

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The series The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story (1981) starred Michael Nouri as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Penny as Benny 'Bugsy' Siegel, and Brian Benben as Michael Lasker (the name given to the Meyer Lansky-based-character due to legal reasons).
Luciano (the organizer), Siegel (the muscle), and Lasker (the brains) were childhood
friends who joined forces during the prohibition era and became major bootleggers. As the series dramatizes their rise to power, it contrasts their personal lives: Luciano cultivated a mistress; Siegel becomes a womanizer; Lasker, a devoted family man. As with the Godfather movies, their personal lives were also explored. The Gangster Chronicles combined action and drama with a portrait of the crime figures as real people, not just two-dimensional caricatures or miscreants-but products of their environment. The show/series presents a revealing, dramatic look at the roots of certain aspects of American history with accuracy. It is based on ten years of research by Emmy-winning writer Richard Alan Simmons.

"It's easy to put labels on someone like this, but for me as an actor, I had to find out what made (Luciano) tick. I tried to see him as a human being who reacted in a negative way to different social, economic and family influences in his life. I had to understand the times he grew up in. He saw a lot of poverty and injustice as a kid on New York's Lower Eastside and he lashed out at it in later years." -Michael Nouri

Whether it was desirable or not, the assimilation of Sicilians with non-Sicilians occurred freely in the melting pot of America. An example of this trend was Al Capone, a non-Sicilian who was accepted into our world but who was never representative of our Tradition. Capone originally was from Brooklyn. He had gone to Chicago in the 1920s at the invitation of his close Neapolitan friend Johnny Torrio. (A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonnano)

Written by Emmy Award-winner Richard Alan Simmons, "The Gangster Chronicles" is the result of countless hours of original research, with the assistance of Ralph Salerno, the world's leading authority on organized crime to the present day. According to Simmons and Salerno, the series will not glorify crime, but rather will "expose the sociological roots of crime and deal with human beings for whatever reasons became what they were - and the relationships between the police, politicians, and criminals - the trial that spawned the so-called organized crime.

Michael Nouri (b. 1945) is an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for his television roles, including Dr. Neil Roberts on The O.C., Phil Grey on Damages, Caleb Cortlandt on All My Children, Eli David in NCIS, and Charlie Luciano on The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story, and Bob Schwartz on Yellowstone. He is also known for his starring roles in Flashdance (1983) and The Hidden (1987). He has appeared in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including the original production of Victor/Victoria. He is a Saturn Award and Daytime Emmy nominee.

Joseph Mascolo (1929 - 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. Mascolo was best known in the recurring role of Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives. He has also played a wide range of roles in many different series, including a Stefano-like villain named Nicholas Van Buren on General Hospital and Carlos Alvarez on Santa Barbara. Before achieving his fame, he appeared in the earlier soap operas Where the Heart Is and From These Roots. Mascolo portrayed Massimo Marone on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful in 2001.

Louis Giambalvo (b.1945) is an American actor, frequently seen on television in guest roles, including Barney Miller, Hart to Hart, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Fame, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Brooklyn South, Ally McBeal, ER, NYPD Blue (Mr. Bucci), Boston Legal, Without a Trace, CSI, Ugly Betty, Raising the Bar, and as Al Capone in The Gangster Chronicles.

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