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'''''The Gangster Chronicles''''' is an [[NBC]] [[United States|American]] television crime drama mini series starring [[Michael Nouri]], [[Joe Penny]], [[Jon Polito]], [[Louis Giambalvo]] and narrated by [[E.G. Marshall]].<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/125770/The-Gangster-Chronicles-An-American-Story/overview New York Times]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DyS3t8z6_ckC&pg=PA447&lpg=PA447&dq=the+gangster+chronicles+e.g.+marshall&source=bl&ots=RdvFTpdyS7&sig=mX6etHvGkp8udIgEJUKHNVKrOuU&hl=en&ei=gw1iTeOHOZGmsQONjaXPCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=the%20gangster%20chronicles%20e.g.%20marshall&f=false|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present|work=google.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-gangster-chronicles/show/3537/summary.html?flag=1&tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=The Gangster Chronicles|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=TV.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=the+gangster+chronicles+e.g.+marshall&source=bl&ots=sxfYVLfYlx&sig=tKMSqjhYIFE2UV-saK4Po11DC8E&hl=en&ei=8g5iTbH3NouisAPGtvzJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=the%20gangster%20chronicles%20e.g.%20marshall&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials|work=google.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref>
'''''The Gangster Chronicles''''' is an [[NBC]] [[United States|American]] television crime drama mini series starring [[Michael Nouri]], [[Joe Penny]], [[Jon Polito]], [[Louis Giambalvo]] and narrated by [[E.G. Marshall]].<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/125770/The-Gangster-Chronicles-An-American-Story/overview New York Times]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DyS3t8z6_ckC&pg=PA447&lpg=PA447&dq=the+gangster+chronicles+e.g.+marshall&source=bl&ots=RdvFTpdyS7&sig=mX6etHvGkp8udIgEJUKHNVKrOuU&hl=en&ei=gw1iTeOHOZGmsQONjaXPCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=the%20gangster%20chronicles%20e.g.%20marshall&f=false|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present|work=google.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/the-gangster-chronicles/show/3537/summary.html?flag=1&tag=page_nav;subtabs;summary|title=The Gangster Chronicles|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=TV.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=the+gangster+chronicles+e.g.+marshall&source=bl&ots=sxfYVLfYlx&sig=tKMSqjhYIFE2UV-saK4Po11DC8E&hl=en&ei=8g5iTbH3NouisAPGtvzJCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=the%20gangster%20chronicles%20e.g.%20marshall&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials|work=google.com|accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==

Revision as of 13:09, 16 October 2016

The Gangster Chronicles
Written byDavid Assael
Art Eisenson
Stephen McPherson
Mark Rodgers
StarringMichael Nouri
Joe Penny
Jon Polito
Madeleine Stowe
Markie Post
Robert Davi
Brian Benben
Louis Giambalvo
E.G. Marshall
Karen Kondazian
Theme music composerBilly Goldenberg
Country of originUSA
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerMatthew Rapf
Production locationsCapitola, California
Santa Cruz, California
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseFebruary 2 –
May 8, 1981

The Gangster Chronicles is an NBC American television crime drama mini series starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo and narrated by E.G. Marshall.[1][2][3][4]

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.

Cast

Gangster Wars

Gangster Wars
Directed byRichard C. Sarafian
Written byRichard DeKoker
Produced byStuart Cohen
StarringMichael 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 byJohn Cacavas
Distributed byCIC
Release date
April 9, 1981
Running time
121 min.
LanguageEnglish

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.

References

  1. ^ New York Times
  2. ^ "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present". google.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ "The Gangster Chronicles". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials". google.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

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