Brand new factory sealed vhs tape. Out Of Print and never put to dvd making it even more collectible. Dramatic true story re-enactment of the world's most famous mobster that nobody could kill.

The main thrust of this film concerns the 'exile' of "LUCKY LUCIANO" in Naples after his expulsion from America as an undesirable in 1936. In a similar manner to director Rosi's earlier films, the opening flashbacks establish the character as the most powerful Mafia leader since the liquidation of Joe Masseria in 1931 due to his refusal to deal with drugs. It also puts a few blunt questions as to the suspicious circumstances that led Governor Dewey to commute a sentence of 50 years' imprisonment for the exploitation of prostitution into the effective freedom of an expulsion order. 

Having done this, Rosi switches to a strict chronological sequence which results in a neater, clearer style. In Naples, Luciano is suspected of masterminding the drug traffic between Europe and America. But, in spite of pressure and interrogations, the only thing that stops him is a heart attack at the Capodichino Airport, where he is to meet a writer preparing a film script on his life.

The evidence painstakingly put together by Rosi and screenwriter Lino Jannuzzi of direct corruption of officials in America, in particular, and about the CIA (founded in 1947) involvement with the Mafia is certainly convincing. Particularly memorable is the 'working lunch' reuniting all the Mafia bosses held at the Hotel delle Palme in Palermo, in October 1957, and another magnificent performance by Volonte' as Luciano.  

Former federal narcotics agent Charles Siragusa, Luciano's real-life nemesis, plays himself.