His contact, Sicily mob boss Calogero Vizzini, was made an honorary colonel of the U.S. Luciano helped, and the mission was a success. Later, he was asked to reach out to his contacts with mob leaders in Sicily when the allies were planning to invade and needed intel on Nazi troop movement to aid Gen. His gang controlled the New York docks, and when the feds suspected that the Nazis were using spies to discover ship movements on the East Coast, Luciano got his troops to put a stop to the intel. government that put him behind bars for promoting prostitution. Beyond his rise in organized crime, he agreed to help the U.S. Members of the underworld and law enforcement question, “Was it a heart attack, or was he silenced before he could tell his story.” And what a story Luciano had to tell. During their meeting Luciano died from an unexpected heart attack, clutching the story of his life in his hands. They interviewed Luciano while he lived in exile in Naples, Italy, and Luciano met with Gosch at Naples airport, where he was given the completed manuscript of his story. They’ve optioned The Last Testament Of Lucky Luciano, a book by Martin Gosch and Richard Hammer that the producers feel is the only bio the Gotham gangster authorized and collaborated on with the writers. EXCLUSIVE: Producers Bob DeBrino ( Find Me Guilty), Gray Fredrickson ( The Godfather), Sally Lear and Goodfellas writer-producer Nicholas Pileggi are taking a shot at making the definitive film on mobster Lucky Luciano.
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