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Lepke

Lepke

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 23, 1975

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

52%

Original Title

Lepke

Production Companies

AmeriEuro Pictures Corp, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Menahem Golan

Description

Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in prison taught him the finer points of life on the wrong side of the law. After getting out of jail, Lepke and his pal Gurrah Shapiro join a gang who hire themselves out as strikebreakers, and the vicious but clever Lepke soon rises through the ranks.