1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:02:41,369 --> 00:02:46,540 In 1946, the American justice system gave a present to the Mafia... 4 00:02:46,624 --> 00:02:50,753 Sent back to Italy, his home country, Salvatore Lucania, 5 00:02:50,836 --> 00:02:55,966 alias Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the king of the New York underworld. 6 00:02:56,592 --> 00:03:04,433 Sentenced to 50 years in prison in 1936, by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey 7 00:03:05,434 --> 00:03:08,187 he was acquitted after nine years 8 00:03:08,270 --> 00:03:12,316 for "special services" rendered to the US Armed Forces 9 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,904 by the same Dewey, who had become the new governor of New York. 10 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:39,844 How are you, Godfather? 11 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:56,647 Say hi to my hometown! 12 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:14,415 I guess we'll go. 13 00:06:54,496 --> 00:06:56,290 Excuse me. I need the bathroom. 14 00:08:40,644 --> 00:08:43,063 You can't know how I feel. 15 00:10:12,236 --> 00:10:13,278 You're an asshole. 16 00:11:04,788 --> 00:11:07,499 A toast to Charlie's health! 17 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:09,751 Champagne! Come! 18 00:11:22,598 --> 00:11:25,726 One must always be on the side of power, 19 00:11:26,268 --> 00:11:31,815 because it's the only way one can achieve balance. 20 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:34,359 In the world we want, 21 00:11:34,443 --> 00:11:38,822 a man, in order to be a man, must be a man of order. 22 00:11:39,573 --> 00:11:42,659 I'd even say a man of peace. 23 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,561 Five months after the death of Joe Masseria, 24 00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:12,773 on the night of September 11, 1931, 25 00:12:12,856 --> 00:12:16,151 which became known as the Night of the Sicilian Vespers, 26 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:20,072 40 crime bosses were killed from one end of the United States to the other. 27 00:12:21,114 --> 00:12:24,910 The strategy for decapitating the old Mafia was Lucky Luciano's, 28 00:12:24,993 --> 00:12:27,037 who thus became "the boss of the bosses." 29 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:34,044 Bitter Sicily The blood you gave me is all red. 30 00:12:34,962 --> 00:12:41,468 It's been long since I left as a boy. 31 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:45,597 So alone and sad. 32 00:12:46,139 --> 00:12:51,228 All around the world. 33 00:12:51,436 --> 00:12:55,357 Mama. 34 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,152 Your death. 35 00:12:59,236 --> 00:13:04,908 Has broken my heart. 36 00:13:06,493 --> 00:13:13,041 But, my homeland You should not abandon me. 37 00:13:14,501 --> 00:13:18,422 But should hold me in your arms. 38 00:13:18,505 --> 00:13:21,466 Like Mama. 39 00:13:23,093 --> 00:13:25,178 Friends, I thank you with all my heart. 40 00:13:26,847 --> 00:13:29,391 I was a free citizen in America. 41 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:33,645 I'll be a free citizen in Italy also. 42 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:38,233 Although I don't plan to stay there long 43 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:42,446 even if I have to get back through Mexico. 44 00:13:44,239 --> 00:13:48,327 I trust you won't make me wait another nine years. 45 00:14:03,675 --> 00:14:06,803 This is $200,000. If you need more, just say so. 46 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:08,680 What the fuck? 47 00:14:12,768 --> 00:14:14,436 Let's not spoil the party. 48 00:14:30,911 --> 00:14:33,914 I'm sorry. I can't drink. 49 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,500 - But you're Italian. - Yes, I am. 50 00:14:36,583 --> 00:14:38,752 It's okay. He's a paisan. 51 00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:44,883 Yes, I am a paisan. My parents are from the province of Avellino. 52 00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:47,135 Can I do anything for you? 53 00:14:47,719 --> 00:14:50,764 Your family is in Italy? I can visit them. 54 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,974 What can I do for you? 55 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:55,685 - Would you like a raise? - Yeah, a promotion. 56 00:15:01,108 --> 00:15:04,736 How can you help me if you're being deported to Italy? 57 00:15:04,820 --> 00:15:07,239 Don't worry about it. It's my business. 58 00:15:10,033 --> 00:15:11,535 Hopefully. 59 00:16:28,028 --> 00:16:31,406 Excuse me, Your Excellency. I was running a little late. 60 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:33,450 You know, I've been busy. 61 00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:43,585 - He's returned to see his native town. - Yes. 62 00:17:16,076 --> 00:17:19,287 It's her third son killed this year. 63 00:17:37,764 --> 00:17:39,933 INNOCENT VICTIM OF A CRUEL AND UNSCRUPULOUS HAND 64 00:17:40,016 --> 00:17:42,644 THE FAMILY HEARTBROKEN WITH PAIN THEY ARE IN TEARS 65 00:17:44,312 --> 00:17:47,941 DEAD BY AN UNHOLY HAND LEAVING A DESOLATE WIFE 66 00:17:50,694 --> 00:17:52,779 HERE LIES ANTONIO GIARDINA 67 00:17:52,862 --> 00:17:54,906 WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR THE WORKERS' CAUSE 68 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:56,199 AND FOR SOCIALISM 69 00:17:56,866 --> 00:17:58,451 THE MORTAL REMAINS OF CARMELO NICOSIA 70 00:17:58,535 --> 00:18:01,371 INNOCENT VICTIM OF A CRUEL ASSASSIN TWELVE DAYS OF CRUEL SUFFERING 71 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:10,714 KILLED BY A CRUEL AND UNKNOWN HAND THE FAMILIES IN TEARS 72 00:18:13,508 --> 00:18:15,343 AN HONEST AND HARDWORKING MAN DIED TRAGICALLY 73 00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:22,726 HERE LIES THE DEAR BODY OF SALVATORE PUELO 74 00:18:22,809 --> 00:18:25,103 DIED AT AN ASSASSIN'S HAND 75 00:18:50,795 --> 00:18:52,756 You're Lucky Luciano? 76 00:20:34,482 --> 00:20:36,109 Sir, you're not Italian? 77 00:20:37,444 --> 00:20:38,778 Sort of. 78 00:20:38,862 --> 00:20:40,488 Do you like Naples? 79 00:20:43,074 --> 00:20:44,868 I like the sea. 80 00:20:46,619 --> 00:20:49,247 Take a spaghetti to the American. 81 00:25:16,139 --> 00:25:18,141 Salute the colonel! 82 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:20,643 Beautiful! Beautiful! 83 00:27:42,577 --> 00:27:45,288 Hey, Jim, I don't like your friend. 84 00:27:45,371 --> 00:27:47,540 Bring me another one tomorrow, okay? 85 00:27:58,176 --> 00:28:02,346 My boyfriend will blacken my eyes if I see another American. 86 00:28:02,889 --> 00:28:06,184 Don't worry. They're always drunk, and they don't want anything. 87 00:28:28,331 --> 00:28:30,708 What I'd give for corned beef. 88 00:29:05,576 --> 00:29:09,789 We've made one mistake in Sicily, my dear Genovese. We were too soft. 89 00:29:09,872 --> 00:29:10,957 You're right. 90 00:29:53,874 --> 00:29:57,878 The colonel wants the cooperation of all citizens 91 00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:00,965 to end this scandal of the black market. 92 00:30:02,049 --> 00:30:06,554 Severe penalties will be meted out to the offenders. 93 00:30:20,860 --> 00:30:25,364 Severe and strict rationing will ensure fairness, 94 00:30:25,448 --> 00:30:28,075 so that the aid that comes from the American people 95 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:29,577 goes to the Italian people. 96 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,706 Viva America! Viva Italy! 97 00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:10,316 Hey, what about these blacks? 98 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:15,112 Sell them with all their clothes. 99 00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:45,447 Your statement is an attempt to blackmail the people who you claim you help. 100 00:43:19,721 --> 00:43:21,556 Gentlemen, here's Lucky Luciano. 101 00:43:26,186 --> 00:43:27,938 I'm here. What do you wanna know? 102 00:43:28,021 --> 00:43:30,649 Where were you all this time? Did you escape from Italy? 103 00:43:30,732 --> 00:43:33,068 Who gave you a passport? 104 00:43:33,151 --> 00:43:36,780 Ah, what frenzy. One at a time, please. 105 00:43:36,863 --> 00:43:39,241 Is it true you owned all of Cuba's gambling houses? 106 00:43:39,324 --> 00:43:41,868 Let's go sit down. I've prepared a table. 107 00:43:46,581 --> 00:43:50,919 Mr. Lucania, today at the UN, they're talking about you, about drugs. 108 00:43:51,002 --> 00:43:53,880 The one that talks about drugs is always the Narcotic Bureau. 109 00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:56,591 And that "Asslinger." 110 00:43:57,134 --> 00:43:58,677 Anslinger. 111 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,472 Harry Anslinger, the head of the Narcotics Bureau. 112 00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:04,683 "Asslinger." 113 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:08,103 He's German, protestant and a cop. 114 00:44:11,148 --> 00:44:14,860 If a racketeer is mowed down, it's Luciano's fault. 115 00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:19,406 If the Queen of England leaves her husband, it's Luciano's fault. 116 00:44:19,906 --> 00:44:22,576 If at a party, people have fun, 117 00:44:22,659 --> 00:44:25,996 and there must be, how you say in Italian, "stupefacente"? 118 00:44:26,079 --> 00:44:27,414 Yeah. 119 00:44:27,497 --> 00:44:29,332 And they point to Luciano. 120 00:44:29,416 --> 00:44:33,211 But by now, Luciano and drugs stand for the same thing to everybody. 121 00:44:34,254 --> 00:44:35,797 I don't take any. 122 00:44:38,758 --> 00:44:41,344 Yeah, but the scandal is in every paper. 123 00:44:41,428 --> 00:44:44,848 Mr. Lucania, they talked about it in the Congress, 124 00:44:44,931 --> 00:44:47,225 in the US Senate. 125 00:44:47,309 --> 00:44:48,685 It's politics. 126 00:44:48,768 --> 00:44:51,188 In America, they need to elect a president. 127 00:44:51,271 --> 00:44:54,399 Dewey, a Republican, is the best man, 128 00:44:54,482 --> 00:44:59,988 so the Democrats dug up the story that it was he who pardoned me. 129 00:45:00,071 --> 00:45:02,449 He pardoned you for helping the army. 130 00:45:02,532 --> 00:45:06,453 Is it true that in 1943, they parachuted you in to prepare the invasion? 131 00:45:06,536 --> 00:45:09,539 I've never seen Sicily from above, never crossed over to it in a plane. 132 00:45:09,623 --> 00:45:13,126 I go there occasionally by ship, just to Palermo, 133 00:45:13,210 --> 00:45:14,920 where I have a candy factory. 134 00:45:15,003 --> 00:45:16,588 Right. Filled chocolates. 135 00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:19,216 The comfits. 136 00:45:19,299 --> 00:45:21,885 And I soak in the sun, like in Capri. 137 00:45:21,968 --> 00:45:23,303 And the contraband? 138 00:45:23,386 --> 00:45:24,638 Since your return, 139 00:45:24,721 --> 00:45:28,058 Sicily has become the headquarters for contraband cigarettes. 140 00:45:28,892 --> 00:45:30,101 Look. 141 00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:32,729 I smoke the cigarettes of the state monopoly. 142 00:45:32,812 --> 00:45:36,233 And I think I'm the only one in Naples who doesn't smoke contraband cigarettes. 143 00:45:36,316 --> 00:45:38,026 How about you? What do you smoke? 144 00:45:39,527 --> 00:45:41,363 They have no evidence against me. 145 00:45:41,446 --> 00:45:46,159 If there was even an inch of proof, I'd be in jail in the blink of an eye. 146 00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:49,412 Why hasn't the US asked for my extradition? 147 00:45:49,496 --> 00:45:52,624 I'd be ready to go back, even in handcuffs, 148 00:45:53,291 --> 00:45:55,001 and defend myself. 149 00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:57,837 Even in handcuffs? You want to go back to America? 150 00:45:57,921 --> 00:45:59,923 You were born in Italy. 151 00:46:00,507 --> 00:46:06,263 I came to America as a young boy. I lived there for 30 years as a free man. 152 00:46:06,346 --> 00:46:11,184 I was unjustly condemned by the false evidence of pimps and prostitutes. 153 00:46:11,268 --> 00:46:13,645 No respect for the rules. 154 00:46:13,728 --> 00:46:18,692 But here in Italy, it's all persecution. 155 00:46:18,775 --> 00:46:20,944 There are no rules. 156 00:46:21,027 --> 00:46:24,572 Here they don't even know what bail is. 157 00:46:24,656 --> 00:46:26,157 You already had some convictions, though. 158 00:46:26,241 --> 00:46:27,701 Penalties. 159 00:46:28,368 --> 00:46:31,079 Because I didn't stop at traffic lights when I was carrying whiskey. 160 00:46:31,162 --> 00:46:33,331 - It was during prohibition. - Prohibition! 161 00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:35,917 Another story of Jesuits like Asslinger! 162 00:46:37,669 --> 00:46:39,212 People wanted to drink. 163 00:46:40,005 --> 00:46:42,632 And someone had to give them something to drink. 164 00:46:42,924 --> 00:46:46,136 If it weren't for us, what would the government have done? 165 00:46:46,219 --> 00:46:49,014 Eh. You performed a public service. 166 00:46:49,472 --> 00:46:52,017 Yes, we performed a public service. 167 00:46:52,475 --> 00:46:55,770 That's why we gave all of our support to Roosevelt. 168 00:46:55,854 --> 00:47:00,025 He knew that a lot of things had to be changed. 169 00:47:00,108 --> 00:47:02,777 That's why in Chicago we gave him our vote. 170 00:47:02,861 --> 00:47:05,947 You liked politics then? But not in Italy? 171 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:08,908 This is a poor country. 172 00:47:10,201 --> 00:47:13,496 What kind of politics can you do without business? 173 00:47:13,580 --> 00:47:16,082 Why, Mr. Lucania, do your affairs in Italy go wrong? 174 00:47:16,958 --> 00:47:20,754 With my candy factory in Palermo alone, I've lost $10,000. 175 00:47:21,254 --> 00:47:22,255 How do you manage to live? 176 00:47:22,797 --> 00:47:27,302 You spend lots of money. At the racetrack you bet enormous sums. 177 00:47:28,094 --> 00:47:31,181 I already explained this to the Department of Finance. 178 00:47:31,264 --> 00:47:34,392 I received a little help from my friends in New York. 179 00:47:35,310 --> 00:47:38,688 Even my car is a gift from them. 180 00:47:38,772 --> 00:47:40,398 I'm not a rich man. 181 00:47:40,482 --> 00:47:43,985 What about your living expenses, the bodyguards? 182 00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:47,614 What bodyguards? The police don't lose sight of me for a minute. 183 00:47:47,697 --> 00:47:50,283 Of course. You move around a lot. Rome, Milan. 184 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:51,785 They even gave you a passport. 185 00:47:51,868 --> 00:47:53,620 - You go abroad. - Excuse me. 186 00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:55,497 I'm a free man. 187 00:47:56,122 --> 00:47:58,625 The American government has pardoned me. 188 00:48:00,001 --> 00:48:03,630 Anyway, when I go to Capri, there's the head of Interpol. 189 00:48:03,713 --> 00:48:05,548 He looks after my security. 190 00:48:05,632 --> 00:48:09,260 Why, you mean that someone like you, like Lucky Luciano, 191 00:48:09,344 --> 00:48:11,763 in America would be left on the loose? 192 00:48:12,847 --> 00:48:15,558 I can return to America with my head held high. 193 00:48:15,642 --> 00:48:17,310 And there I must return. 194 00:48:19,562 --> 00:48:21,356 And as for my death, 195 00:48:21,439 --> 00:48:24,484 I've already bought my family vault in Brooklyn. 196 00:50:08,254 --> 00:50:09,672 Stick it up your ass. 197 00:50:22,977 --> 00:50:25,313 And I don't care for whores. 198 00:50:28,066 --> 00:50:29,442 Whore? 199 00:50:34,906 --> 00:50:37,450 One is a thief and the other a thug! 200 00:51:57,322 --> 00:51:58,323 Cheers. 201 00:53:13,898 --> 00:53:15,108 They're here. 202 00:53:24,033 --> 00:53:26,452 Fuck you, Lucky. 203 00:53:47,223 --> 00:53:49,851 One moment. Take this to my room. 204 00:57:41,499 --> 00:57:43,876 You think you would've been a master? 205 00:58:09,276 --> 00:58:11,821 You know I don't like to travel. 206 00:58:14,657 --> 00:58:16,867 Even in America, I didn't move around much, 207 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:20,579 except to go to Florida in the winter for a vacation. 208 00:58:23,249 --> 00:58:25,042 Always well-known places. 209 00:58:30,631 --> 00:58:32,508 Here too, always in Naples. 210 00:58:36,053 --> 00:58:37,763 Sometimes in Sicily 211 00:58:39,265 --> 00:58:40,725 with my people. 212 00:58:43,269 --> 00:58:45,688 Or Milan for the horse racing. 213 00:58:52,361 --> 00:58:54,697 My friends usually visit me for pleasure... 214 00:58:57,825 --> 00:58:59,493 ...not to do a job. 215 00:59:02,580 --> 00:59:04,248 But for the tourism. 216 01:00:39,301 --> 01:00:41,971 "I've been rotting in jail for three months, 217 01:00:42,054 --> 01:00:45,432 not even a window, just an iron grate. 218 01:00:45,891 --> 01:00:48,227 No air and no light. 219 01:00:48,310 --> 01:00:51,021 The heat and mosquitoes eat me alive. 220 01:00:51,522 --> 01:00:56,777 There are six in here, and we must all go to the toilet in the same place. 221 01:00:59,071 --> 01:01:01,991 It's a cesspool here night and day. 222 01:01:04,952 --> 01:01:10,082 There's no room to move, and we can't even sleep in peace 223 01:01:10,166 --> 01:01:14,837 because one must stay awake to keep the rats off, 224 01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:18,424 which are starved and big enough to attack us. 225 01:01:22,219 --> 01:01:25,389 The bedbugs are as big as cockroaches. 226 01:01:26,182 --> 01:01:31,520 I must pay to have a little water and some straw to lie on. 227 01:01:32,229 --> 01:01:36,525 It cost me $50 just to send you this letter. 228 01:01:37,610 --> 01:01:39,486 Yours truly"... Etc., etc. 229 01:01:44,950 --> 01:01:50,664 Here in Italy, you're born in poverty. 230 01:01:55,586 --> 01:01:58,881 But you know, even in Italy, you can do big business. 231 01:02:01,091 --> 01:02:02,927 I tried to do some business with Gene. 232 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:07,056 But what we need is a man like you. 233 01:02:07,139 --> 01:02:08,182 Listen to me. 234 01:02:09,934 --> 01:02:11,769 If you want to go to the opera at San Carlo theater, 235 01:02:12,436 --> 01:02:13,854 to the horse races at Agnano hippodrome, 236 01:02:14,688 --> 01:02:17,483 if you want to have fun, here I am. 237 01:02:17,566 --> 01:02:19,526 But I don't do business. 238 01:02:36,293 --> 01:02:39,296 Here, another letter from Gene. 239 01:02:39,380 --> 01:02:41,090 This one's about you. 240 01:02:41,173 --> 01:02:43,133 About Joe Picci and Frank Calace. 241 01:02:43,217 --> 01:02:46,095 This letter can ruin you. 242 01:02:46,178 --> 01:02:49,056 I'm supposed to give it to Siragusa, but I'm giving it to you. 243 01:02:49,139 --> 01:02:50,808 You must trust me. 244 01:02:50,891 --> 01:02:52,559 Go on. Tear it up. 245 01:02:59,608 --> 01:03:01,568 You're supposed to give it to Siragusa? 246 01:03:03,362 --> 01:03:05,572 Then that's what you'll do. 247 01:11:25,197 --> 01:11:27,532 The arrival order is the following: 248 01:11:27,616 --> 01:11:30,952 First, number 1, Mister Chips. 249 01:11:31,036 --> 01:11:34,080 Second, number 2, Moliserno. 250 01:11:34,748 --> 01:11:40,754 Third, number 4, Pinecone. Fourth, number 5, Golden Parable. 251 01:11:53,433 --> 01:11:55,185 The odds on the seventh race. 252 01:11:55,268 --> 01:11:59,397 First, horse number 6, Mister Chips, 253 01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:02,609 Second, number 2, Moliserno. 254 01:12:02,692 --> 01:12:04,778 Third, number 5, Golden Parable. 255 01:12:04,861 --> 01:12:07,239 Fourth, number 4, Pinecone. 256 01:12:07,322 --> 01:12:11,910 Winning: 22. Ranked placed: 12, 13, 17. 257 01:12:11,993 --> 01:12:16,164 Coupled bet: 31. Simple bet: 40. 258 01:12:49,990 --> 01:12:51,741 Want to bet with me? 259 01:12:52,993 --> 01:12:55,036 Thanks, but I prefer to bet alone. 260 01:12:56,746 --> 01:12:57,873 Don't move. 261 01:14:09,819 --> 01:14:11,196 What the hell are you doing? 262 01:14:11,279 --> 01:14:12,280 Just one word. 263 01:15:10,255 --> 01:15:13,717 All right, Charlie. But then what was that slap about? 264 01:15:24,644 --> 01:15:27,814 International organization, drugs, killers... 265 01:15:27,897 --> 01:15:29,232 All this we already know. 266 01:15:29,315 --> 01:15:31,359 But the evidence is different. 267 01:15:31,443 --> 01:15:34,195 This man never leaves Naples. 268 01:15:34,279 --> 01:15:38,533 He goes out in the morning, walks his dog, then bets on a few races. 269 01:15:38,616 --> 01:15:42,620 Now, after what you said, we'll try to make the races off-limits. 270 01:15:43,163 --> 01:15:44,622 He's nice to everybody. 271 01:15:44,706 --> 01:15:46,124 He gives to charity. 272 01:15:46,207 --> 01:15:50,295 He's liked by sympathetic reporters and even some policemen. 273 01:15:50,378 --> 01:15:53,465 And when I mentioned his past to a police chief, 274 01:15:53,548 --> 01:15:54,883 I happened to get this reply, 275 01:15:54,966 --> 01:16:01,389 "Yeah, we know that he was convicted of incitement for prostitution." 276 01:16:01,473 --> 01:16:03,558 But what kind of crime is that? 277 01:16:03,933 --> 01:16:06,770 If a woman prostitutes herself, she's a whore. 278 01:16:06,853 --> 01:16:10,774 And we can't arrest a man for a crime from 20 years ago. 279 01:16:10,857 --> 01:16:13,109 "But if he commits a crime in Italy" 280 01:16:13,193 --> 01:16:14,194 certainly. 281 01:16:14,986 --> 01:16:18,698 If he is the brains behind all this, one must admit that he is brilliant. 282 01:16:18,782 --> 01:16:20,200 One thing is for certain, 283 01:16:20,283 --> 01:16:22,202 ever since Lucky Luciano has returned to Italy, 284 01:16:22,535 --> 01:16:24,871 the Mafia controls the entire drug trade 285 01:16:25,538 --> 01:16:29,292 which is now worth several hundred million dollars. 286 01:16:30,960 --> 01:16:33,254 So why don't we arrest Lucky Luciano? 287 01:17:28,768 --> 01:17:33,606 From the files of a special parliamentary commission on the Mafia in Sicily. 288 01:17:35,191 --> 01:17:39,654 In October 1957, in the city of Palermo, 289 01:17:40,280 --> 01:17:45,410 a series of high-level meetings took place between American and Sicilian mafiosi. 290 01:17:46,411 --> 01:17:49,455 The presiding chairman was Lucky Luciano. 291 01:17:50,165 --> 01:17:53,751 The purpose of the meeting was to enhance Sicily 292 01:17:53,835 --> 01:17:58,715 as a transit area for drug trafficking directed to North America. 293 01:18:06,973 --> 01:18:11,394 Giuseppe Bonanno, alias Joe Bananas, born in Sicily, 294 01:18:11,477 --> 01:18:15,106 American citizen, head of the New York syndicate, 295 01:18:15,565 --> 01:18:21,112 has come to Palermo to sign an agreement between Cosa Nostra and the Sicilian mob, 296 01:18:22,322 --> 01:18:25,992 as well as to set the groundwork for the Mafia summit 297 01:18:26,075 --> 01:18:30,872 which would take place a month later in the Appalachian mountains in New York. 298 01:18:37,712 --> 01:18:42,508 The Sicilian boss, Giuseppe Genco Russo, participated in the gathering in Palermo, 299 01:18:42,592 --> 01:18:46,221 to guarantee compliance with the pacts and order 300 01:18:46,304 --> 01:18:48,473 in the ranks of the island's traffickers. 301 01:18:55,188 --> 01:18:58,608 Nine years later, 17 suspected Mafia bosses 302 01:18:58,691 --> 01:19:03,696 appeared in front of a judge, accused of forming a criminal association. 303 01:19:04,572 --> 01:19:07,075 But only five were convicted... 304 01:19:07,617 --> 01:19:10,912 Camillo Garante, Giuseppe Scandariato, 305 01:19:11,496 --> 01:19:16,417 Giuseppe Genco Russo, John Bonventre, Joe Bananas. 306 01:19:38,273 --> 01:19:40,358 A hundred years of good health! 307 01:24:01,035 --> 01:24:02,870 Boys, let me through. 308 01:24:03,996 --> 01:24:05,456 Didn't you come inside? 309 01:24:05,540 --> 01:24:08,042 - Did you hear the mass? - I heard it from here. 310 01:24:10,962 --> 01:24:13,589 Inside, I was too much of a distraction. 311 01:24:13,673 --> 01:24:17,510 But you need to see the priest. Otherwise, it doesn't count. 312 01:24:17,593 --> 01:24:19,470 It's like I'd seen him. 313 01:25:41,636 --> 01:25:43,763 Don Ciccio, you love me. 314 01:25:45,973 --> 01:25:48,351 You don't ask me too many questions. 315 01:25:51,562 --> 01:25:54,649 And after the death of Igea... 316 01:25:56,442 --> 01:25:59,111 I need people like you nearby. 317 01:26:09,580 --> 01:26:10,581 Listen, Lucky. 318 01:26:11,165 --> 01:26:14,418 Between charity and the hospital expenses, I'm drowning in debt. 319 01:26:16,087 --> 01:26:19,340 Some friends would let me import some German machines. 320 01:26:19,590 --> 01:26:21,258 Like they have in the bar. 321 01:26:21,342 --> 01:26:25,971 They say if you put in 100 lire, you get out 1,000. Or even 5,000. 322 01:26:26,639 --> 01:26:27,682 What do you think? 323 01:26:29,558 --> 01:26:32,103 Don Ciccio, I've been in America. 324 01:26:36,982 --> 01:26:38,901 Forget the machines. 325 01:26:47,284 --> 01:26:48,869 It's not the thing for you. 326 01:28:21,462 --> 01:28:22,546 Who is it? 327 01:28:22,630 --> 01:28:24,507 The police. Open up. 328 01:28:41,148 --> 01:28:42,608 Is Salvatore Lucania in? 329 01:28:42,691 --> 01:28:44,193 He's inside lying down. 330 01:28:46,821 --> 01:28:48,739 Tell him we need to speak to him. 331 01:28:49,031 --> 01:28:50,115 Come in. 332 01:29:18,519 --> 01:29:19,603 He's waiting. 333 01:29:35,327 --> 01:29:38,622 Good evening. We have a search warrant. 334 01:29:40,875 --> 01:29:42,626 Is that boy with you? 335 01:29:42,710 --> 01:29:44,253 Yes, he's one of our agents. 336 01:29:47,089 --> 01:29:49,842 Can I offer you a whiskey? Would you like to have a drink? 337 01:29:50,676 --> 01:29:52,511 No, we don't drink on duty. 338 01:29:55,598 --> 01:29:57,224 Then go ahead, search. 339 01:30:00,394 --> 01:30:02,605 You want to bet I find something right away? 340 01:30:12,323 --> 01:30:13,324 And this? 341 01:30:13,908 --> 01:30:15,034 I have a license. 342 01:30:25,628 --> 01:30:26,712 What's your name? 343 01:30:27,588 --> 01:30:28,714 Marshal Schioppa. 344 01:30:31,634 --> 01:30:33,260 You're a smart guy. 345 01:31:39,910 --> 01:31:41,912 I'm taking this telegram. 346 01:31:43,622 --> 01:31:45,332 If you want. 347 01:31:45,416 --> 01:31:47,459 But you also need to come with us. 348 01:31:47,543 --> 01:31:49,712 The Finance Inspector wants to see you. 349 01:31:50,838 --> 01:31:52,339 At this hour? 350 01:31:53,632 --> 01:31:55,092 Yes, at this hour. 351 01:32:03,559 --> 01:32:06,687 Well, what does this telegram mean? 352 01:32:08,313 --> 01:32:10,733 I've been telling you all night. 353 01:32:12,568 --> 01:32:13,986 What else can I say? 354 01:32:14,069 --> 01:32:15,320 Tell me again. 355 01:32:23,579 --> 01:32:25,748 Now let's read the report. 356 01:32:28,834 --> 01:32:34,631 "My connection with the American writer, Martin Goesh, presently living in Madrid, 357 01:32:34,715 --> 01:32:40,054 was for the sole purpose of his writing a script based upon my life. 358 01:32:40,471 --> 01:32:43,015 He telegraphed that he was flying into Naples today 359 01:32:43,098 --> 01:32:45,893 to turn over the script to me. 360 01:32:45,976 --> 01:32:50,647 "The script has my approval, but I want to withdraw it from circulation." 361 01:32:51,190 --> 01:32:52,566 Is this true? 362 01:32:55,360 --> 01:32:59,656 Fine. Tell us everything you did yesterday after receiving this telegram. 363 01:33:03,827 --> 01:33:05,537 Ask him. 364 01:33:06,580 --> 01:33:08,415 He was glued to me all day. 365 01:33:08,874 --> 01:33:12,169 It's better that you tell us. Let's start again. 366 01:33:23,430 --> 01:33:29,436 "On the 25th of this month at 1:00, I went out to the California restaurant 367 01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:34,066 and I ate with a friend, Giuseppe Di Giorgio, who lives in Naples 368 01:33:34,149 --> 01:33:37,361 after having escaped from Cuba where he was a croupier. 369 01:33:37,444 --> 01:33:41,156 While eating, my friend Francesco Cimone, aka Cico, came in, 370 01:33:41,240 --> 01:33:43,117 who owns a club in Taormina. 371 01:33:44,785 --> 01:33:47,037 Cico just came back from Spain, 372 01:33:47,121 --> 01:33:50,874 "where he had gone together with Mr. and Mrs. Rubino of Miami." 373 01:33:53,168 --> 01:33:55,337 Your friends like to travel. 374 01:33:55,921 --> 01:34:01,635 And coincidentally, the tourism boom between the US, Naples and Sicily 375 01:34:02,261 --> 01:34:05,514 broke out since you established yourself in Naples. 376 01:34:06,640 --> 01:34:09,476 Now, then, it's the popularity of bullfighting. 377 01:34:09,935 --> 01:34:13,188 From Cuba, from Taormina, from Miami... 378 01:34:13,272 --> 01:34:17,609 Everybody passes through Spain and then meets up with you in Naples, 379 01:34:17,693 --> 01:34:20,070 and then it's back to New York. 380 01:34:20,571 --> 01:34:21,697 Is that so? 381 01:34:23,991 --> 01:34:25,284 If you say so. 382 01:34:27,452 --> 01:34:30,998 "It was 2:00 when I left Cico at the California 383 01:34:31,081 --> 01:34:33,667 who was about to go back to Sicily by car, 384 01:34:33,750 --> 01:34:35,919 and I went to Agnano for the races. 385 01:34:36,003 --> 01:34:37,421 At the hippodrome, 386 01:34:37,504 --> 01:34:43,218 "I met my friend Pasquale Eboli, alias Pat Ryan." 387 01:34:44,386 --> 01:34:48,515 Eboli lives in Scisciano, a village nearby. 388 01:34:50,142 --> 01:34:52,060 He comes often to Naples. 389 01:34:53,478 --> 01:34:55,189 It's only half an hour. 390 01:34:55,981 --> 01:34:59,484 And he too is going to Spain, to make a movie. 391 01:34:59,568 --> 01:35:02,863 So they call him Pat Ryan, as if he were an actor. 392 01:35:02,946 --> 01:35:06,783 Siragusa always says that the milieu of drugs is like that in filmmaking. 393 01:35:07,451 --> 01:35:09,453 Siragusa is a bastard. 394 01:35:09,536 --> 01:35:13,207 Siragusa loves you. He always speaks of you. 395 01:35:15,876 --> 01:35:17,628 Siragusa is a bastard. 396 01:35:18,962 --> 01:35:20,756 You can tell him from me. 397 01:35:21,340 --> 01:35:26,011 Siragusa looks like you, talks and acts just like you. 398 01:35:26,094 --> 01:35:29,973 Between him and you, we haven't had peace in Italy for ten years. 399 01:35:31,058 --> 01:35:33,602 You mean because he's Sicilian, he's like me? 400 01:35:35,270 --> 01:35:36,271 Just like 401 01:35:37,189 --> 01:35:41,985 the chief prosecutor of the Republic at Palermo, Scaglione. 402 01:35:42,819 --> 01:35:43,904 Just like 403 01:35:44,696 --> 01:35:47,783 the chief of police, all Sicilians. 404 01:35:48,492 --> 01:35:50,786 And me, like a lot of people, 405 01:35:50,869 --> 01:35:54,081 I'm a peaceful man and bother no one. 406 01:35:54,998 --> 01:35:58,919 It's only that bastard who puts these things in your head. 407 01:35:59,002 --> 01:36:03,757 And yet he was right about the Canapa brothers. We caught them red-handed. 408 01:36:04,341 --> 01:36:07,177 And soon we'll also get those who are in Spain. 409 01:36:08,053 --> 01:36:10,931 And before long, you too will be in the net. 410 01:36:12,015 --> 01:36:14,518 It's all a plot of Charlie Siragusa. 411 01:36:14,601 --> 01:36:18,438 The Canapa brothers were arrested three months earlier. 412 01:36:18,730 --> 01:36:22,526 But the judge in Rome freed them. 413 01:36:25,821 --> 01:36:27,447 I had nothing to do with it. 414 01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:31,326 But your partner, Antonino Sorci, did. 415 01:36:31,952 --> 01:36:33,787 We have documents. 416 01:36:34,496 --> 01:36:38,125 They created a financial company together, in Rome. 417 01:36:38,875 --> 01:36:43,005 Proof, you need proof. You need a notary to form a company in Italy. 418 01:36:43,880 --> 01:36:46,133 We found that notary. 419 01:36:46,216 --> 01:36:50,220 The same one you used in Palermo to buy the Orleans park, 420 01:36:50,304 --> 01:36:52,306 together with Sorci and Mancino. 421 01:36:53,515 --> 01:36:56,393 Is it a crime now to buy a little land? 422 01:36:57,436 --> 01:37:00,188 More than 160,000 square meters! 423 01:37:00,772 --> 01:37:02,649 And all of it land for development, 424 01:37:02,733 --> 01:37:05,110 including permits from the city of Palermo. 425 01:37:05,652 --> 01:37:09,197 If the City of Palermo gives permits, it means it's legal. 426 01:37:09,698 --> 01:37:12,951 Also the university was one of the buyers. 427 01:37:13,035 --> 01:37:15,787 As well as a few Christian Democrat politicians. 428 01:37:16,580 --> 01:37:19,541 Things have changed, Lucky. 429 01:37:19,624 --> 01:37:24,629 If you still count on political support, you're gravely mistaken. 430 01:37:24,713 --> 01:37:26,381 What politics? 431 01:37:26,465 --> 01:37:30,135 Here, I don't even know the chief of the traffic cops. 432 01:37:31,928 --> 01:37:34,514 In America, I did politics. 433 01:37:34,598 --> 01:37:37,851 But face to face with President Roosevelt. 434 01:37:41,021 --> 01:37:43,690 Never mind President Roosevelt. 435 01:37:44,441 --> 01:37:49,112 And let's return to your friend, Pasquale Eboli, eh? 436 01:37:50,030 --> 01:37:53,617 "Eboli in New York owned a barbershop with his brother 437 01:37:53,700 --> 01:37:58,330 and some other business, what kind, I can't recall now." 438 01:37:59,956 --> 01:38:03,710 Do you remember what kind of business it was? 439 01:38:08,382 --> 01:38:12,427 "Pasquale Eboli told me of a factory producing Formica 440 01:38:12,511 --> 01:38:15,889 and wanted to set up a chain of stores in Italian cities. 441 01:38:15,972 --> 01:38:19,142 While Cico Cimone spoke of setting up a club in Rome with the Rubinos 442 01:38:19,226 --> 01:38:23,897 who had returned from Miami with the earnings of their business. 443 01:38:25,273 --> 01:38:29,569 "What kind, I can't recall now." 444 01:38:32,447 --> 01:38:35,242 Let me see if I can help you out. Eh? 445 01:38:36,034 --> 01:38:39,579 Could it be like that factory you set up in Palermo in '46 446 01:38:39,663 --> 01:38:41,706 with your pal Vizzini... Don Calò... 447 01:38:41,790 --> 01:38:45,252 Dismantled in one night and disappearing with three tons of comfits? 448 01:38:45,335 --> 01:38:46,920 Or maybe canned sardines? 449 01:38:47,003 --> 01:38:49,589 Like that of Nick Gentile, eh? 450 01:38:49,673 --> 01:38:53,677 Or a cheese factory? Like with Carlos Marcello in Tunis? 451 01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:56,304 Or like the tomatoes for the Mamma Mia Importing Company 452 01:38:56,388 --> 01:38:58,265 of Joseph Profaci in New York? 453 01:38:59,224 --> 01:39:03,937 Or maybe a factory for bouillon cubes? Vegetable bouillon for export. 454 01:39:04,646 --> 01:39:06,898 Like the one of Frank Coppola in Pomezia? 455 01:39:06,982 --> 01:39:11,027 From there, they were shipped to Sicily in crates crammed with heroin. 456 01:39:18,076 --> 01:39:19,786 You think I'm stupid, Lucky Luciano? 457 01:39:20,245 --> 01:39:23,540 We've arrested 40 people here and in America. 458 01:39:23,623 --> 01:39:28,879 We caught them with both money and drugs. All of your friends. 459 01:39:28,962 --> 01:39:30,755 Only three escaped to Spain, 460 01:39:30,839 --> 01:39:34,217 because the American justice system let them out on bail. 461 01:39:34,301 --> 01:39:36,887 A fine system that country has. 462 01:39:36,970 --> 01:39:40,682 Since then, you receive calls or telegrams from Spain every day... 463 01:39:40,765 --> 01:39:42,476 From Madrid or Barcelona. 464 01:39:42,559 --> 01:39:45,061 And then they meet you "by chance" 465 01:39:45,145 --> 01:39:46,438 at the races or in restaurants, 466 01:39:46,521 --> 01:39:51,401 to talk about Formica, dancing halls or horses. 467 01:39:52,235 --> 01:39:55,030 What is it? Hey. 468 01:39:55,697 --> 01:39:57,240 What's with you? You feel sick? 469 01:40:03,788 --> 01:40:05,332 You want a coffee? 470 01:40:07,250 --> 01:40:09,127 I don't drink coffee. 471 01:40:09,211 --> 01:40:10,337 I don't smoke anymore. 472 01:40:10,420 --> 01:40:12,380 Give me a glass of water, please. 473 01:40:14,216 --> 01:40:16,676 Get him a glass of water. 474 01:40:58,218 --> 01:41:01,137 Some old scars from your friends, eh? 475 01:41:02,806 --> 01:41:04,766 No, not from friends. 476 01:41:05,350 --> 01:41:08,478 From cops. The New York policemen. 477 01:41:09,396 --> 01:41:11,690 Anyway, it's not the scars. 478 01:41:12,566 --> 01:41:14,276 I've plenty. 479 01:41:18,321 --> 01:41:20,574 I've had two heart attacks. 480 01:41:32,502 --> 01:41:34,588 Can I go to the toilet? 481 01:41:35,755 --> 01:41:37,090 I'll go with you. 482 01:43:15,313 --> 01:43:21,695 Once, in America, you gave a certain address, 483 01:43:23,363 --> 01:43:26,324 and the police found a package of heroin. 484 01:43:28,284 --> 01:43:30,453 That time, I told them what I knew. 485 01:43:31,037 --> 01:43:32,747 Today, I don't know anything. 486 01:43:42,716 --> 01:43:44,592 You can talk to me. 487 01:43:46,886 --> 01:43:48,722 I have my own ideas about you. 488 01:43:49,848 --> 01:43:52,559 And they're a little different than Siragusa's. 489 01:43:54,477 --> 01:43:55,729 It'd be worth it to you. 490 01:43:56,354 --> 01:43:58,148 It'd be worth it to you. 491 01:43:58,231 --> 01:43:59,607 And your career. 492 01:44:00,066 --> 01:44:01,484 To you 493 01:44:01,568 --> 01:44:05,905 to Asslinger, Siragusa, the generals, the police chief. 494 01:44:06,531 --> 01:44:10,952 And it's worth it to the politicians, to distract the people, 495 01:44:11,703 --> 01:44:15,165 who know nothing and will never understand anything. 496 01:44:16,624 --> 01:44:21,796 Politicians, when it suits them, also use criminals 497 01:44:21,880 --> 01:44:24,549 and, as you say, the mafiosi. 498 01:44:27,844 --> 01:44:30,680 Sorry, but I can't be of any help. 499 01:45:00,460 --> 01:45:04,923 Make him sign it and then take him to the airport to pick up that American. 500 01:45:05,006 --> 01:45:07,300 And then do we arrest them both? 501 01:45:07,383 --> 01:45:08,510 If you find drugs. 502 01:45:08,593 --> 01:45:12,222 If not, seize the script and send it to Siragusa. 503 01:45:20,730 --> 01:45:23,316 Ah, finally. You're entirely different now. 504 01:45:23,399 --> 01:45:25,527 You seemed dead before. 505 01:45:25,944 --> 01:45:27,237 Look at yourself. 506 01:48:11,317 --> 01:48:12,860 Stand back. 507 01:48:14,195 --> 01:48:15,947 - Who are you? - Police. 508 01:48:17,532 --> 01:48:19,367 Get a doctor.