Product Details

• Actors: Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano, Al Capone
• Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NA2TUQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,021 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Journey back to the heyday of the American Mafia with unparalleled, intimate profiles of the most powerful and notorious gangsters of all time.

The Emmy Award-winning BIOGRAPHY series presents in-depth portraits of the greatest kingpins of organized crime, chronicling their rise from humble immigrant roots to the pinnacle of wealth, power, and glamour. Witness the inner workings of bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution enterprises, and the eternally loyal hitmen that kept their bosses in power. Rare photographs and exclusive interviews span the vivid, bloodstained lives--and deaths--of the baddest Goodfellas in Mafia history, from Hollywood playboy-mobster Bugsy Siegel, to the pure Brooklyn street-fighting muscle of Al Capone, to "Grande Capo" Lucky Luciano, the Boss of Bosses.

A one-of-a-kind collection filled with definitive profiles, MAFIA LEGENDS crosses deftly into the underworld of La Cosa Nostra, witnessing America's ultimate anti-heroes as they brush with death, the FBI, movie stars, and national politics.

This set contains these DVDs, which may be available separately:

Biography: Bugsy Siegel - Gambling on the Mob
Biography: Lucky Luciano - Chairman of the Mob
Biography: Al Capone - Scarface
American Justice: Mob Hit Men

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars True facts og Gangsters, June 20, 2007

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This review is from: Biography: Mafia Legends (Bugsy Siegel / Lucky Luciano / Al Capone Scarface) (DVD)

Its a four DVD set each go for 45 minutes,very interesting viewing.The fourth disc is about more later times in the 90's,if you're interesed in gangster stories buy it worth it...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for any gangster historian/fan., May 6, 2008

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This review is from: Biography: Mafia Legends (Bugsy Siegel / Lucky Luciano / Al Capone Scarface) (DVD)

This DVD set has some great narration, onscreen speakers, video and photos of American gangster history from the 20s through the 80s. 45 minutes per DVD without commercials is fun to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire set.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For anyone interested in organized crime history this quad-pack is a steal!, May 19, 2010

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This review is from: Biography: Mafia Legends (Bugsy Siegel / Lucky Luciano / Al Capone Scarface) (DVD)

Both 2007 A&E "Mobsters" episodes on Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel use duplicate film clips to tell partly overlapping stories.

We learn from the Siegel bio that unlike events in Warren Beatty's feature film, Ben didn't originate the idea of a desert gambling oasis; he co-opted another man's vision. Siegel also wasn't cut down by a hailstorm of lead. A total of seven bullets were fired; the first killing shot blew Bugsy's eye across the room. Of the six remaining, one slug shattered his other orb and five missed completely.

The downfall of Salvatore Lucania (aka Lucky Luciano) was a racket he wasn't overly involved in: prostitution. NY special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey relentlessly pursued the elusive Lucky until a convicting witness was found. Dewey then had Luciano arrested at an Arkansas spa and extradited back to New York; his trial resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. This term was cut short after Lucky's willing assistance against German dock infiltration in WWII. Now-Governor Dewey signed release papers but also made certain that Luciano was deported to Italy, a place he hadn't seen since early childhood. In later years, Lucky ran a hugely profitable heroin importing operation that was based in both Italy and a Cuban location. He was never allowed to enter the U.S. again, and died at age 64 of a massive coronary while waiting for someone at the Naples airport.

Haven't seen the Capone disc.

MOB HITMEN is from the Bill Kurtis hosted hour-length TV show, American Justice. It examines two gang wars that occurred in Philadelphia between 1980 and '95. When the dust had finally settled, 29 of 50 "made" mobsters were either dead or in prison. Interviewees include former hitmen, a Don forced into retirement by the murder of his brother, other gang-connected individuals, reporters and justice officials. It's a most interesting hour, one that ends with the observation that in today's turf battles, families are considered legitimate targets, something that would've been unthinkable just a generation earlier.