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| runtime = 123 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $900,000[2]
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}}Lepke is a 1975 film starring Tony Curtis as the Jewish-American gangster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter.[3] It is often regarded by film critics as one of Tony Curtis's most underrated movies and one of his finest performances.
Cast
- Tony Curtis – Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
- Anjanette Comer – Bernice Meyer
- Michael Callan – Robert Kane
- Warren Berlinger – Jacob Shapiro
- Gianni Russo – Albert Anastasia
- Milton Berle – Mr. Meyer
- Vic Tayback – Lucky Luciano
- Mary Charlotte Wilcox - Marion
Production
In his 2008 autobiography American Prince Curtis admitted becoming heavily addicted to cocaine during filming; this addiction would last for a decade and significantly derailed his already troubled film career.
Release
The film was sold to Warner Bros for $1.75 million.[2]
References
1. ^1 {{cite web |title=Lepke (1975) |website=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81206/Lepke/ |accessdate=2015-09-23}}
2. ^1 2 Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987, p. 10. {{ISBN|978-0722193891}}.