Product Details

• Actors: Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger, Gianni Russo
• Directors: Menahem Golan
• Writers: Tamar Simon Hoffs, Wesley Lau
• Producers: Yoram Globus
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300269841
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Tony Curtis stars as Lepke, head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood. From his rough-and-toumble East Side childhood to his rise in the drug trade to his 1944 execution at Sing Sing, Lepke depicts with brute force the criminal career of a man with more than 60 murders to his credit.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful stuff, September 5, 2010

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Sharon Levenson "reader" (new jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lepke (DVD)

"Lepke" is perhaps one of the worst big budget gangster films of all time..Not because the acting is so bad(it isn't)but because it is 95%fiction from start to finish..Louis Buchalter,along with Jacob Schapiro(Lepke & Gurrah as they were known)were two new york jewish thugs and labor racketeers of the 1930s most often remembered for thier association with"murder inc."a cabal of murderers often used by the syndicate and exposed by Burton Turkas and Thomas Dewey...Neither man was particularly likeable,both were nasty and brutal,and Lepke is,to date,the only major criminal boss to actually be executed by the state for his crimes..
"Lepke" the film more or less white-washes the truth,painting Buchalter and Shapiro as sympathetic,short-changing thier association with"murder inc." and thier main gunsel,Abe"kid twist"Reles,opting for invented episodes rather than true ones,and overall taking a comic-book approach to the whole plot..The single redeeming aspect of"Lepke"is the end scene where Buchalter,played by smaltz actor Tony Curtis is executed in the electric chair..This alone is the one powerful and authentic scene,and as played by Curtis almost overcomes all that came before...
...almost,but not quite...As pure"guilty pleasure"entertainment "Lepke" isn't bad,but as true crime it stinks....

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm a Sap For Vic Tayback Movies, August 9, 2009

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David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lepke (DVD)

This Depression Era gangster pic packs a real punch. This stylishly exciting movie keeps your attention throughout. It lacks the artistry of "The Godfather" but more than holds it's own. Tony Curtis as Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, murderer, businessman, loving husband, gives a credible performance here. Also noteworthy is an effective dramatic turn by Milton Berle as Lepke's Orthodox Jewish father-in-law. This film should be seen in conjunction with "Murder Inc." that featured a chilling turn by Peter Falk as Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, Lepke's enforcer. Reles is only given perfunctory mention here.

5.0 out of 5 stars PRETTY GOOD MOVIE!!, October 26, 2011

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This review is from: Lepke (DVD)

i have read reviews before buying this dvd none of the reviews were good but i am glad i bought this movie,the only problem was it had lepke really into romance.history does not speak of him in this manner,but if it was true i still enjoyed the movie.tony curtis is superb as lepke.this movie is worth watching!!