Directed by John McNaughton Written by Uri Dan Dennis Eisenberg Eli Landau David Mamet Cast Richard Dreyfuss ... Meyer Lansky Yosef Carmon ... Rabbi / Caretaker (as Yosi Carmon) Mosko Alkalai ... Jewelry Shopkeeper (as Moscu Alcalay) Fima Noveck ... Hasid in Grodno Joshua Praw ... Meyer Lansky Age 8 Bernardo Hiller ... Max Lansky Jill Holden ... Yetta Lansky Larry Moss ... Benjamin Lansky Christopher Marquette ... Jake Lansky Ages 9-11 (as Christopher Marquette) Ryan Merriman ... Meyer Lansky Ages 12-14 Benjamin Kimball Smith ... Irish Gang Leader (as Benjamin K. Smith) Brian Casey ... Irish Boy #1 Adam Hendershott ... Irish Boy #2 Daniel Sagal ... Irish Boy #3 Anthony Medwetz ... Benny Siegel Age 11 Amit Alon ... Boy Outside Jewelry Shop Paul Sincoff ... Charlie Luciano Ages 17-30 P.C. Frieberg ... Old City Civilian (as P.C. Friberg) Max Perlich ... Meyer Lansky Ages 19-28 Matthew Settle ... Bugsy Siegel Ages 17-26 Stanley DeSantis ... Arnold Rothstein Scott Rabinowitz ... Zev Ben-Dov Jeff Perry ... American Lawyer Illeana Douglas ... Anna Lansky Bill Capizzi ... Joe 'The Boss' Masseria Eric Saiet ... IRS Man #1 Michael Krawic ... IRS Man #2 Brian Frank ... Maranzano Deskman Ron Gilbert ... Salvatore Maranzano David Selburg ... Maranzano Bookkeeper Lawrence Arancio ... Buddy's Doctor Nick Corello ... Albert Anastasia (as Nicky Corello) James Harper ... Longy Zwillman Tom La Grua ... Frank Costello Sal Landi ... Joe Adonis Dean Norris ... Naval Captain Anthony LaPaglia ... Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano Randy Polk ... Heavyset Man in Cinema John Gavigan ... Longshoreman Robert Miano ... Vito Genovese Eric Roberts ... Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel Peggy Jo Jacobs ... Virginia Hill Scott Haven ... Flamingo Surveyor Beverly D'Angelo ... Teddy Lansky A.J. Tannen ... Reporter at LOD Airport Ron Pacheco ... Paul Lansky Age 17 Octavia Spencer ... Evelyn the Maid (as Octavia L. Spencer) Tom Towles ... Henchman at NYC Apartment Mitchell Roche ... Buddy Lansky Age 19 (as Mitchell Roché) Kenneth Meseroll ... FBI Agent at NYC Apartment Maria Carmen ... Conga Dancer (as Maria Carmen Diaz) Peter Siragusa ... Moe Dalitz Tom Dreesen ... Flamingo Emcee / Eddie Shum Claudine Barros ... Paraguay Stewardess Angelo Pagán ... Asunción Customs Official #1 Marcello Sousa ... Asunción Customs Official #2 Jeffrey Sharmat ... Buddy Lansky Age 10 (as Jeffery Sharmat) Devon Michael ... Paul Lansky Age 8 Arnie Alpert ... Asunción Customs Official #3 Francis Guinan ... Senator Estes Kefauver Bert Remsen ... Senator Tobey Ron Perkins ... Moses Polakoff Michael Townsend Wright ... Jake Lansky Bix Barnaba ... Hallandale Lounge Maitre d' Maura Vincent ... Hallandale Lounge Waitress Diva Haase ... Hallandale Lounge Singer Michelle C. Bonilla ... Panama Stewardess (as Michelle Bonilla) Eddie Driscoll ... Super Club Maitre d' Peter Dobson ... Man at Supper Club Manuel de Jesus ... Cuban Interpreter Raul Guterres ... Cuban Revolutionary Phil Reeves ... FBI Agent on Jetliner Susie Spear Purcell ... Female Miami Reporter (as Susie Spear) Michael Steve Jones ... Male Miami Reporter #1 Matthew Butcher ... Male Miami Reporter #2 Larkin Campbell ... Male Miami Reporter #3 Michael Barrett Caron ... Miami Immigration Official #1 Frank M. Gero ... Miami Official in Charge Joey Dee ... Miami Immigration Official #2 (as Joseph Dee) Kathe Mazur ... Miami Hospital Nurse James Noah ... Federal Judge Michael I. Freilich ... Miami Anesthetist Lynne Marie Stewart ... Waitress at Wolfie's Maury Ginsberg ... Uri Behar Mickey Knox ... Older Man at Wolfie's Scott Brantley ... Brazilian Air Passenger Mário Lara ... Panamanian (as Mario Lara) Uncredited Cast Griffin Howell ... Gangster Casey McFadden ... Young Adonis Douglas M. Nelson ... Court Reporter Produced by Bostic Beard Fred C. Caruso Juanita Diana Feeney David Mamet Nicholas Paleologos Frederick Zollo Original Music by George S. Clinton

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