
"He was the king of crime when crime was king."
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.
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter

Bernice Meyer

Robert Kane

Gurrah Shapiro

Albert Anastasia

Mr. Meyer

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Marion

Little Augie
Max Rubin

Mama Meyer

Gross

Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles
Albert Tannenbaum

Judge

Bugsy Siegel

Walter Winchell

Schwartz

Mendy Weiss
Dutch Schultz

Young Lepke

Big Hesh
Skinny
Thomas E. Dewey

J. Edgar Hoover
Doorman

First Detective

Policeman
Flapper (uncredited)

Butcher
Prostitute
Gino
Rabbi
Mr. Stern
Second Reporter

Mrs. Shea
Feldman
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