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(narrator) Previously on "The
Making of the Mob: New York"...

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(man screaming)

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After rising in
the ranks of

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the New York underworld
for two decades,

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Charles "Lucky" Luciano
makes a decision

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that could
bring down the Mafia...

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(Thomas Dewey)
Mr. Luciano.

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(narrator)
...when he takes the stand

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in his own defense

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against special prosecutor
Thomas Dewey.

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Do you really expect
this jury to believe

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that you are telling
the truth?

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They believe what
they're led to believe!

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(narrator) After Dewey puts
him away for 50 years...

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I gotta get
the hell out of here.

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...Luciano must run his crime
family from behind bars.

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I'm naming Vito head
of the Luciano Family.

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(narrator) And he picks Vito
Genovese as his acting boss.

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You won't regret this.

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(narrator) But Genovese lets
the power go to his head.

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He's greedy, he's reckless,
he's careless.

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(narrator) And Luciano's
empire starts to fall apart.

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Unh!

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Who are you calling
stupid, Frank?

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I'll put two in your head,
you understand me?

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(gunshots)

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(narrator)
When Genovese flees

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the country on
murder charges...

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That stupid prick.

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...Frank Costello is named
acting boss of the family.

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But a snitch emerges
from within...

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Reles is talking,
Charlie.

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(Luciano) What are you
waiting for, Frank?

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Get it done, now.

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(narrator) ...forcing
Luciano to order a hit...

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Reles, come check
out the view.

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(narrator) ...that keeps
his empire intact.

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<i> Salute.</i>

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But brings him no closer...
to freedom.

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♪♪

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(man)
♪ This ain't no time ♪

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♪ To feel sorry
for myself ♪

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♪ I can't help it ♪

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♪ 'Cause there's nobody else ♪

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♪ And I walk these streets ♪

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♪ With your name
on my tongue ♪

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♪ But I dare not speak ♪

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♪ Only there it belongs ♪

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♪ There's got to be
a better way ♪

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♪ Better way ♪♪

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(gunshot echoes)

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(narrator)
Charles "Lucky" Luciano,

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the most powerful mob boss
in America,

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remains locked up
in a maximum security prison

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in upstate New York.

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And while he's managing to keep
his operation under control,

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Luciano fears
the other New York families

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will try to grab hold
of his power

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if he doesn't get out soon.

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A mob boss in prison probably
could maintain his position

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and his power for a while.

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But, it was always
so competitive,

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it was always so vicious
that eventually,

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there's always
somebody hungry to move up.

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I been in here too long.

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It's time for something
to happen.

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Charlie, what do
you want us to do?

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What about these whores?

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Can we get to them?

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The problem is
finding them.

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No one knows where
they're at, Charlie.

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They're in protection,
can't get to them.

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But we're working
on it.

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We got every cop
and politician

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paid on the street
except for Dewey.

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We can't find
three hookers?

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Is that what
you're telling me?

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(narrator)
On orders from Lucky Luciano,

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Frank Costello
and Meyer Lansky

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orchestrate
a nationwide search

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for the prostitutes whose
testimony put Luciano in jail.

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♪♪

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It's only
a matter of time

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before their efforts
pay off.

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Hello?

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Good job.

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(Ellen Poulsen)
After the trial,

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three of the prostitutes
escaped to California

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where they thought they were
going to live free and clear.

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Florence Newman?

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Cokey!

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(footsteps approaching)

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(Ellen Poulsen)
Unfortunately, Lucky's men

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more or less kidnapped
the prostitutes.

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They were taken to a law office
and told to sign a paper

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that stated they had
lied during the trial.

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(narrator) Thomas Dewey
isn't about to let his case

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against Luciano fall apart.

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So he takes matters
into his own hands.

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(Thomas Dewey III)
There were allegations

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that there'd been some sort of
improper conduct

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in securing some
of the testimony.

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Clearly, what had happened
is that

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the mob had gotten
to some of the witnesses

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and gotten them
to flip their stories.

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It is difficult to imagine

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the paralyzing fear expressed
by nearly every witness

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in this case at the prospect
of testifying against a man

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as ruthless and as violent
as Lucky Luciano.

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Lucky Luciano is the ruler of
the most powerful

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criminal organization this city,
this country, has ever known.

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These witnesses were abused
and exploited young women

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who were coerced
into selling their bodies

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to satisfy the lusts
of depraved men,

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while Lucky Luciano and
his gang got rich off of it.

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My office acted only
to protect these women

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so that they could tell
the truth

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and escape the horrific life

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Lucky Luciano
had subjected them to.

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(narrator) Dewey convinces the
judge to dismiss the allegations,

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and Lucky Luciano's appeal
is denied.

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Lucky Luciano has bribed judges
and juries,

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intimidated witnesses
and attempted to play

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the legal system in his favor.

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But all of his efforts
have failed.

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He's now faced
with the realization

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that he might spend the rest
of his life behind bars.

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(indistinct officer chatter)

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See, this one, these dates
are not matching up.

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Make sure you get
the dates to match, please.

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(narrator) After ensuring
Luciano remains locked up...

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Thomas Dewey sets
his sights

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on his next target
in organized crime,

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one of the founding members
of Murder, Inc.

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(gunshots)

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For years, the highly trained
group of assassins...

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has worked
for the New York Mafia,

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carrying out hits approved
by the Commission

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without leaving a trace.

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But when hit man Abe Reles
is tied to a murder in 1940,

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he starts ratting out members
of Murder, Inc.

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I'll give you 50 guys.

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(narrator) Before the
Mafia takes him out,

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Reles names one of the
hit squad's top killers...

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Louis Lepke.

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Lepke has evaded the law for
nearly two years.

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The feared Jewish gangster has
a garment industry racket

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worth the modern-day equivalent
of over $17 million per year.

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Louis Lepke lived in a big,
fancy apartment

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on the Upper West Side.

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He lived in the equivalent of
The Dakota.

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Lepke, however,
had a real bad temper.

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And he would do things
himself.

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(gunshot)

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(narrator) Thomas Dewey believes
if he can gather enough evidence

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and pin murder charges
on Lepke,

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he'll be able to bring down
the rest of Murder, Inc.

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(Thomas Dewey)
How many witnesses?

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We have seven witnesses
ready to testify.

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All right.

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Issue the charges.
Yes, sir.

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(narrator) Dewey orders his
men to sweep the city.

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But with the mob's
connections

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and hideouts
throughout New York,

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the professional assassin
disappears.

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While Dewey's men search
for Lepke...

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the Federal Bureau
of Investigation

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is also looking
to arrest him

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on a separate
narcotics charge.

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And the FBI joins in
on the international manhunt.

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(Rich Cohen) Lepke spent
about a year in hiding where

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there was a search for him
all over the world.

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People saw him in Australia,
Hawaii, South America.

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Turned out he was
in a basement apartment

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in Brooklyn
the entire time.

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(narrator) Before the
authorities can find him,

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Lepke begins to take out

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anyone who could connect him
to a murder.

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Lepke had this philosophy,
no witness, no case.

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He was killing everybody...
(man grunting)

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...and he was psychotic,
and he was crazy.

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And the feeling was if you
hang around long enough,

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Lepke will kill you, too.

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The longer Louis Lepke
remains at large,

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the more of a mockery
he's making of this agency.

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(narrator) Director of the FBI, J.
Edgar Hoover,

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knows he could put Lepke away
for narcotics charges.

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But with
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he'll need the help of
an unlikely ally.

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You'll never guess
who I got a call from.

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Who?

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The FBI.

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They want us to help 'em
find Louis Lepke.

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(narrator) By 1939... Unh!

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...the New York Mafia's
most dangerous hit man

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Louis Lepke is being hunted
by the FBI

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on drug charges and
by Thomas Dewey for murder.

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Lepke has evaded the law
for nearly two years.

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So in a last ditch effort
to bring him in,

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the feds have reached out
to an unexpected ally...

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Lucky Luciano.

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(Joe Mantegna) Luciano was
approached by our government,

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there was that whole thing
of some--

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Every once in a while,
the two sides

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try to do
something together

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for the benefit
of everyone.

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(narrator) Luciano was serving the
third year of his 50-year sentence

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and has tried everything
to get out.

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Now with the FBI asking
for help,

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he sees the opportunity
he's been looking for

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and meets with his closest
advisor, Meyer Lansky.

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What do you wanna do
about it?

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Maybe you could
talk to Lepke.

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You tell him...

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he's gotta take...

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the rap
on the heroin.

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We give him over
to Hoover...

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and he'll pin the murders
on him, too.

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Then he goes away
forever,

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and we buy favor
with Hoover and Dewey.

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Notorious killer,
Louis Lepke

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put away
by J. Edgar Hoover.

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(narrator) Luciano knows that giving
up Lepke would be a huge gamble,

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as the feared killer
could easily snitch on the mob.

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But for the criminal kingpin,
getting out of prison

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and reclaiming his place

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at the head of his family
is more important.

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In the fall of 1939,

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Luciano and Lansky
set a plan in motion

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to double-cross
Louis Lepke.

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(Rich Cohen) After Lucky
Luciano went to jail,

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Meyer Lansky's power had to
become more Machiavellian.

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He had to work the angles,
pit people against people.

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And I think that he really
wanted to get Luciano

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out of prison because
I think that the best days

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of his life were when
Luciano was

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on the street
and they were together.

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(narrator)
If they can convince Lepke

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to turn himself in
on lesser drug charges,

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the feds will hand him over
to Dewey for murder,

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giving Luciano the leverage
he thinks he needs

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to get out of prison.

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(dog barking)

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(knocking at door)

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(narrator)
To carry out the plan,

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Lansky sends Lepke's
trusted associate...

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Murder, Inc. co-founder,
Albert Anastasia.

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Well, Albert,
it's been a long time.

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Listen, Lou,
I can help you out

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but you gotta
trust me on this.

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I don't trust anybody.

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00:15:04,581 --> 00:15:07,381
We can make the Dewey
murder rap go away.

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How?

254
00:15:12,921 --> 00:15:14,587
The FBI is how.

255
00:15:19,159 --> 00:15:21,026
Hoover's got you on
the high-profile list,

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he wants a
high-profile bust.

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00:15:23,397 --> 00:15:26,231
Turn yourself in to Hoover
on the heroin thing,

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00:15:26,233 --> 00:15:28,266
two, three years
in the can, tops.

259
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The FBI?

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00:15:31,971 --> 00:15:35,005
If Dewey's guys find you
hiding out here,

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they're gonna throw you
right in the electric chair.

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Use your head.

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It's a good deal,
Lou.

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00:15:56,625 --> 00:15:59,393
(Rich Cohen) Lepke wanted
to surrender himself

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to the federal government.

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He didn't want the New York
police to get him

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and end up in
the electric chair.

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You got Lepke?

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(narrator) Because of the
high-profile nature of the arrest,

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FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
personally wants

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to bring the most wanted man
in America into custody.

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Louis Lepke, you're under
arrest for murder.

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00:16:53,109 --> 00:16:55,242
Murder? You didn't
say anything about--

274
00:16:55,244 --> 00:16:57,010
Albert, what is this?!
What is this?!

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Bastard!
What the-- Ah!

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Get your hands
off me!

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Filthy pigs!

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♪♪

279
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(narrator)
After a two-year search,

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J. Edgar Hoover
finally has his man...

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00:17:15,527 --> 00:17:18,227
thanks to Lucky Luciano.

282
00:17:18,229 --> 00:17:22,264
(Sonny Grosso) Lucky Luciano,
he understood that in life

283
00:17:22,266 --> 00:17:24,466
if I really help you out,
that when you see

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00:17:24,468 --> 00:17:26,734
an opportunity,
you'll look out for me.

285
00:17:26,736 --> 00:17:28,402
Well, that's what this
is all about.

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00:17:30,204 --> 00:17:33,239
(narrator) In addition to
gaining leverage with the FBI,

287
00:17:33,241 --> 00:17:36,342
Luciano's
just given Thomas Dewey

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a huge victory.

289
00:17:39,246 --> 00:17:43,181
And on December 2, 1941,

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Louis Lepke
is sentenced to death.

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00:17:47,187 --> 00:17:50,421
(Rich Cohen) Hoover turned him right
back to Dewey and Dewey executed him.

292
00:17:50,423 --> 00:17:56,025
Louis Lepke, only mob boss
to ever be executed.

293
00:17:56,027 --> 00:17:59,528
(narrator) Dewey has taken down
another high-profile gangster,

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and under a national spotlight,
he launches a campaign

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00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:05,700
to become the next
governor of New York.

296
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Luciano's certain
if Dewey wins,

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he'll sign a pardon
freeing him from prison.

298
00:18:17,111 --> 00:18:20,112
But while he waits for word
from Dewey,

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a violent attack
almost 5,000 miles away

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00:18:24,151 --> 00:18:26,751
is about to change everything.

301
00:18:26,753 --> 00:18:32,656
(President Franklin Roosevelt)
<i> Yesterday, December 7, 1941,</i>

302
00:18:32,658 --> 00:18:36,726
<i> a date which will live</i>
<i> in infamy.</i>

303
00:18:42,132 --> 00:18:44,032
(soldiers shouting
sounds of battle)

304
00:18:45,067 --> 00:18:47,201
(narrator)
For three years,

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00:18:47,203 --> 00:18:50,570
the violent conflict has been
raging throughout Europe.

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00:18:54,141 --> 00:18:56,041
(H.W. Brands)
During most of the 1930s,

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Americans had ignored what
was going on in Europe

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as Hitler ramped up and
began rampaging around Europe.

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Until Pearl Harbor.

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(President Roosevelt) <i> A date
which will live</i> <i> in infamy.</i>

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00:19:13,425 --> 00:19:18,128
(narrator) While Lucky Luciano is
in prison in upstate New York,

312
00:19:18,130 --> 00:19:22,165
the country braces for another
attack on American soil,

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00:19:22,167 --> 00:19:25,168
and New York could be
the first target.

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00:19:25,170 --> 00:19:26,802
(H.W. Brands) It was known that
there were German submarines

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that were prowling
along American shores.

316
00:19:29,106 --> 00:19:31,372
And the United States didn't
have the naval force yet

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00:19:31,374 --> 00:19:33,207
to counteract that.

318
00:19:33,209 --> 00:19:35,676
So Americans
were deeply concerned.

319
00:19:45,386 --> 00:19:50,389
(narrator) Just two months after
the attack on Pearl Harbor...

320
00:19:50,391 --> 00:19:53,258
America's worst fear
is realized

321
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:57,128
as a massive fire breaks out
on a naval troop ship on

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the docks along
the West Side of Manhattan.

323
00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:07,538
As the "SS Normandie" burns,

324
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:12,409
fear spreads that war
has reached New York City.

325
00:20:16,547 --> 00:20:21,751
(Selwyn Raab) The government was
very worried about sabotage

326
00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:23,753
on the waterfront.

327
00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:27,556
The government couldn't
figure out what to do

328
00:20:27,558 --> 00:20:30,692
until someone suggested
get to the union leaders

329
00:20:30,694 --> 00:20:33,628
and get to the mob guys
who really run the waterfront.

330
00:20:38,633 --> 00:20:40,433
(narrator)
Since Prohibition,

331
00:20:40,435 --> 00:20:45,604
organized crime has asserted
its power over New York's harbor

332
00:20:45,606 --> 00:20:48,539
and now has control over
more than 200 ports.

333
00:20:50,241 --> 00:20:51,407
(gulls squawking)

334
00:20:51,409 --> 00:20:53,876
Now at war,

335
00:20:53,878 --> 00:20:56,245
the federal government
is forced to make

336
00:20:56,247 --> 00:20:58,313
another unlikely alliance.

337
00:21:00,249 --> 00:21:02,750
The Mafia's control
and their affiliations

338
00:21:02,752 --> 00:21:05,385
with the Longshoreman's Union
meant

339
00:21:05,387 --> 00:21:06,886
that they had
a hand in everything

340
00:21:06,888 --> 00:21:08,554
coming into the country.

341
00:21:08,556 --> 00:21:11,590
And the government
had to reach out to the Mafia

342
00:21:11,592 --> 00:21:15,327
to prevent sabotage
on the waterfront.

343
00:21:15,329 --> 00:21:17,629
And they had to reach out
to Lucky Luciano.

344
00:21:33,912 --> 00:21:37,280
Mr. Lansky,
we need your help.

345
00:21:39,449 --> 00:21:41,016
Well, listen, sir,
just because

346
00:21:41,018 --> 00:21:44,919
we're, um, businessmen,

347
00:21:44,921 --> 00:21:47,354
doesn't mean
we're not patriots.

348
00:21:50,324 --> 00:21:51,857
We'll lock down the docks.

349
00:21:51,859 --> 00:21:54,426
Nothing gets in or out
of New York harbor

350
00:21:54,428 --> 00:21:55,927
without us knowing
about it.

351
00:21:55,929 --> 00:21:57,895
Nothing.

352
00:21:57,897 --> 00:21:59,930
Thank you.

353
00:21:59,932 --> 00:22:02,032
Don't thank me.

354
00:22:02,034 --> 00:22:04,734
Thank Lucky Luciano.

355
00:22:06,970 --> 00:22:09,705
(Selwyn Raab) Now this is
an example of how powerful

356
00:22:09,707 --> 00:22:12,974
by 1941
the American Mafia was.

357
00:22:15,978 --> 00:22:19,714
(narrator) Lansky reports
back to Luciano with a deal.

358
00:22:19,716 --> 00:22:22,349
In exchange
for the mob's help,

359
00:22:22,351 --> 00:22:24,084
the navy agrees to work
to reduce

360
00:22:24,086 --> 00:22:26,352
Luciano's prison sentence.

361
00:22:36,662 --> 00:22:39,897
With Luciano calling the shots
from prison,

362
00:22:39,899 --> 00:22:45,802
Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello
orchestrate a citywide plan,

363
00:22:45,804 --> 00:22:49,705
paying heavily-armed guards
to work around the clock

364
00:22:49,707 --> 00:22:53,842
and putting a system in place
to keep track of all shipments

365
00:22:53,844 --> 00:22:56,845
so that nothing gets in or out
of New York

366
00:22:56,847 --> 00:22:59,013
without the Mafia's approval.

367
00:23:00,982 --> 00:23:06,586
When you hear that Lucky helped
the American government

368
00:23:06,588 --> 00:23:10,990
protect the New York harbors
from prison,

369
00:23:10,992 --> 00:23:15,027
how could you dislike a guy
who protected New York City?

370
00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:19,930
♪♪

371
00:23:22,099 --> 00:23:24,400
(Michael Green)
Mobsters can be patriots.

372
00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:26,502
They're human beings like
the rest of us.

373
00:23:26,504 --> 00:23:30,005
And there are these stories
that Lucky and other mobsters

374
00:23:30,007 --> 00:23:33,041
helped keep the docks clean.

375
00:23:33,043 --> 00:23:36,411
Well, why not?
They're Americans, too.

376
00:23:36,413 --> 00:23:40,081
At the same time, being
intelligent businesspeople,

377
00:23:40,083 --> 00:23:41,949
there is an element
in their thinking,

378
00:23:41,951 --> 00:23:44,952
"If I do this for my government,
the government

379
00:23:44,954 --> 00:23:48,121
might do something
for me down the line, too."

380
00:23:53,727 --> 00:23:57,696
(narrator) While Luciano is doing his
part in the American war effort...

381
00:23:59,832 --> 00:24:02,532
4,000 miles away...

382
00:24:05,969 --> 00:24:11,506
Vito Genovese is about
to strike a deal...

383
00:24:11,508 --> 00:24:13,574
with the enemy.

384
00:24:19,513 --> 00:24:23,082
(narrator) After feeling to Italy
to escape a murder charge,

385
00:24:23,084 --> 00:24:27,519
Vito Genovese has been forced
to abandon his dream

386
00:24:27,521 --> 00:24:30,989
of ruling
the Luciano crime family.

387
00:24:30,991 --> 00:24:34,125
♪♪

388
00:24:43,101 --> 00:24:47,637
Now, Genovese is determined
to exploit a new opportunity.

389
00:24:53,543 --> 00:24:56,044
But before he can lay
the groundwork,

390
00:24:56,046 --> 00:24:58,479
he'll need
to go through one man,

391
00:24:58,481 --> 00:25:01,949
fascist dictator,
Benito Mussolini.

392
00:25:01,951 --> 00:25:03,183
Sir.

393
00:25:21,168 --> 00:25:23,602
Just a small sample.

394
00:25:23,604 --> 00:25:25,604
(narrator) Over the next
few years, Genovese

395
00:25:25,606 --> 00:25:29,708
donates the modern-day
equivalent of $3.6 million

396
00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:32,110
to Mussolini's fascist party.

397
00:25:32,112 --> 00:25:34,579
There's plenty more
where that came from.

398
00:25:40,752 --> 00:25:43,887
(Selwyn Raab) What Genovese
did in a very patriotic mode,

399
00:25:43,889 --> 00:25:47,657
he became an arch-fascist
in support of Mussolini

400
00:25:47,659 --> 00:25:50,059
while he was in Italy during
the entire war.

401
00:25:50,061 --> 00:25:53,228
In fact, he made major
contributions.

402
00:25:53,230 --> 00:25:55,830
So, there was no question.
He had suddenly forgotten

403
00:25:55,832 --> 00:25:58,632
all about
his American patriotism.

404
00:26:00,701 --> 00:26:03,769
(church bell ringing)

405
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:10,041
(narrator) With the dictator on his
side, Genovese has the freedom

406
00:26:10,043 --> 00:26:13,044
to set up a lucrative racket

407
00:26:13,046 --> 00:26:16,213
in an industry
he's known for years.

408
00:26:16,215 --> 00:26:20,717
Vito Genovese was involved
in the heroin trade.

409
00:26:20,719 --> 00:26:23,986
You go all the way back
to the early days,

410
00:26:23,988 --> 00:26:26,054
then he was
moving opium around.

411
00:26:26,056 --> 00:26:31,125
(narrator) In the 1940s,
heroin is legal in Italy.

412
00:26:31,127 --> 00:26:35,162
And Mussolini allows Genovese
to export narcotics freely...

413
00:26:37,098 --> 00:26:40,733
smuggling drugs out of
the country in small packages,

414
00:26:40,735 --> 00:26:44,803
disguised in luggage
and automobiles.

415
00:26:44,805 --> 00:26:47,071
For almost a year,

416
00:26:47,073 --> 00:26:50,674
Genovese builds up his heroin
racket throughout Italy.

417
00:26:50,676 --> 00:26:54,010
(plane engine purring)

418
00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:57,847
But in July of 1943,

419
00:26:57,849 --> 00:27:00,850
in the midst
of the global war,

420
00:27:00,852 --> 00:27:03,285
the Allies invade Sicily.

421
00:27:03,287 --> 00:27:06,921
♪♪

422
00:27:13,861 --> 00:27:18,030
(Selwyn Raab) There has been a lot
of reports that Luciano was helpful

423
00:27:18,032 --> 00:27:23,068
in the invasion of Sicily
in 1943, and that's a myth.

424
00:27:23,070 --> 00:27:26,237
Luciano, through his
own public relations efforts,

425
00:27:26,239 --> 00:27:28,606
tried to create the myth

426
00:27:28,608 --> 00:27:31,141
that would help him get
the pardon from Dewey.

427
00:27:31,143 --> 00:27:35,612
In fact, Frank Costello
tipped off Walter Winchell,

428
00:27:35,614 --> 00:27:38,982
a very important columnist,
and Winchell reported this,

429
00:27:38,984 --> 00:27:42,285
that Luciano helped
the invasion of Sicily.

430
00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:44,654
Total fabrication.

431
00:27:44,656 --> 00:27:48,290
(narrator) The Allied invasion
of Sicily is a success.

432
00:27:48,292 --> 00:27:51,993
And so is Luciano's play
for public goodwill.

433
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,602
As the Allies
sweep across Italy,

434
00:28:02,604 --> 00:28:05,605
Genovese is suddenly
on the losing side.

435
00:28:05,607 --> 00:28:07,940
He quickly switches
his allegiance,

436
00:28:07,942 --> 00:28:11,809
and becomes a translator
for the American army.

437
00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:17,280
Guys, what's going
on here?

438
00:28:17,282 --> 00:28:19,315
These crates have
been here for weeks.

439
00:28:19,317 --> 00:28:21,150
(narrator)
But true to form,

440
00:28:21,152 --> 00:28:24,319
Genovese betrays
his new allies.

441
00:28:24,321 --> 00:28:26,821
When the Americans come
and take over Sicily,

442
00:28:26,823 --> 00:28:29,089
he disavows the fascists

443
00:28:29,091 --> 00:28:31,958
and he cuts a deal with
the American army.

444
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,995
And then we find out that
he's diverting illegal supplies

445
00:28:35,997 --> 00:28:39,798
from the American army to sell
on the black market.

446
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,933
This was a guy that
would cut a deal with anybody,

447
00:28:41,935 --> 00:28:43,234
and then betray them.

448
00:28:43,236 --> 00:28:47,238
Come on, let's go!
We can move faster.

449
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,241
During World War Two,
Genovese just capitalized

450
00:28:50,243 --> 00:28:53,143
on food stamps,
the rationing stamps,

451
00:28:53,145 --> 00:28:56,679
uh, whether it was gasoline.

452
00:28:56,681 --> 00:28:59,815
Many of the mob guys
were excitement junkies, uh,

453
00:28:59,817 --> 00:29:03,685
addicted to certain types of,
you know, behavior,

454
00:29:03,687 --> 00:29:06,754
whether it was stealing, power.

455
00:29:07,989 --> 00:29:09,155
(Genovese)
We gotta paint them and get 'em

456
00:29:09,157 --> 00:29:11,724
out of here, all right?

457
00:29:11,726 --> 00:29:13,859
Leave this warehouse clear.

458
00:29:17,730 --> 00:29:19,330
Freeze!
Freeze!

459
00:29:19,332 --> 00:29:21,865
Don't move,
don't move, don't move!

460
00:29:25,169 --> 00:29:26,969
(soldier)
Get up, move!

461
00:29:26,971 --> 00:29:29,171
(Chazz Palminteri) The
real smart guys, they know

462
00:29:29,173 --> 00:29:31,006
not to mess
with the government.

463
00:29:31,008 --> 00:29:32,974
This wiseguy once
told me, he said,

464
00:29:32,976 --> 00:29:34,976
"Chazz, one thing
you don't do.

465
00:29:34,978 --> 00:29:36,310
"You don't mess
with the government.

466
00:29:36,312 --> 00:29:38,679
They got the toughest mob
in the world."

467
00:29:38,681 --> 00:29:40,013
To the right,
you understand me?

468
00:29:40,015 --> 00:29:41,247
(Chazz Palminteri)
They won two world wars

469
00:29:41,249 --> 00:29:42,715
and they print
their own money.

470
00:29:42,717 --> 00:29:44,049
You don't mess with them.

471
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:49,820
(narrator) Once Genovese is in
army custody, the military learns

472
00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:52,422
that he's wanted for murder
in the U.S.

473
00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:56,159
and quickly sends him back
to New York to stand trial.

474
00:29:59,429 --> 00:30:01,496
With two of the most powerful
gangsters

475
00:30:01,498 --> 00:30:05,166
in the Luciano
crime family behind bars,

476
00:30:05,168 --> 00:30:08,235
the fate of the operation
is at stake.

477
00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:16,509
And Lucky Luciano begins
to realize

478
00:30:16,511 --> 00:30:19,345
that if Genovese
turns on the mob,

479
00:30:19,347 --> 00:30:22,281
he could once again
risk everything

480
00:30:22,283 --> 00:30:25,017
Luciano's worked
so hard to build.

481
00:30:34,127 --> 00:30:36,995
(narrator) After seven years
on the lam in Italy...

482
00:30:39,031 --> 00:30:42,199
Vito Genovese
is in federal custody

483
00:30:42,201 --> 00:30:44,467
and on his way back
to America

484
00:30:44,469 --> 00:30:47,903
facing the murder charge
he tried to dodge.

485
00:31:01,517 --> 00:31:03,618
Frank?

486
00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,953
That murder charge?

487
00:31:05,955 --> 00:31:08,588
The D.A.'s
got a witness.

488
00:31:08,590 --> 00:31:11,090
Some guy named
Pete LaTempa.

489
00:31:12,892 --> 00:31:14,425
It's true, Vito.

490
00:31:16,161 --> 00:31:18,162
He's gonna testify.

491
00:31:19,330 --> 00:31:21,431
How could you be
so stupid?

492
00:31:30,473 --> 00:31:33,374
You gotta get
to this guy, Frank.

493
00:31:33,376 --> 00:31:36,310
If he talks,
I'm done.

494
00:31:41,949 --> 00:31:46,152
(narrator) The man with evidence
against Genovese is Peter LaTempa,

495
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:50,923
a low-level gangster willing
to exchange his testimony

496
00:31:50,925 --> 00:31:52,991
to reduce his sentence.

497
00:32:00,532 --> 00:32:02,366
This is not good.

498
00:32:02,368 --> 00:32:03,900
Doing the best I can.

499
00:32:03,902 --> 00:32:05,968
It's not good enough,
Frank.

500
00:32:07,403 --> 00:32:09,203
What are we gonna do?

501
00:32:11,940 --> 00:32:16,443
(narrator) To Luciano, Genovese
has been a liability for years,

502
00:32:16,445 --> 00:32:20,947
failing as a boss and
drawing attention to the mob.

503
00:32:20,949 --> 00:32:23,983
Now, if Genovese snitches
to the feds,

504
00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:27,653
he could destroy everything
Luciano has built.

505
00:32:27,655 --> 00:32:31,089
(Richard Hammer) During the war,
Genovese was working with Mussolini.

506
00:32:31,091 --> 00:32:33,691
Luciano was a patriot.

507
00:32:33,693 --> 00:32:35,993
And Luciano hated him.

508
00:32:35,995 --> 00:32:38,495
If he could have,
he would have had him killed.

509
00:32:39,697 --> 00:32:41,297
(narrator)
Despite their differences,

510
00:32:41,299 --> 00:32:43,232
Luciano knows he
and Genovese

511
00:32:43,234 --> 00:32:45,367
have built
a criminal empire together,

512
00:32:45,369 --> 00:32:49,170
and he refuses to turn his back
on one of his inner circle.

513
00:32:56,944 --> 00:33:00,346
(guard) LaTempa, it's
time for your daily dose.

514
00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:22,132
(groaning)

515
00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:27,036
(coughing)

516
00:33:36,079 --> 00:33:40,048
(narrator)
On January 15, 1945,

517
00:33:40,050 --> 00:33:43,451
Pete LaTempa is found poisoned
in his cell.

518
00:33:44,619 --> 00:33:47,687
Lucky Luciano
has saved Vito Genovese.

519
00:33:50,290 --> 00:33:51,757
And without a key witness,

520
00:33:51,759 --> 00:33:54,426
the feds may
no longer have a case.

521
00:33:59,631 --> 00:34:03,233
Just four months later,

522
00:34:03,235 --> 00:34:05,300
the Allies declare victory
in Europe.

523
00:34:08,203 --> 00:34:10,370
And soon after,
victory in Japan.

524
00:34:13,574 --> 00:34:16,642
After six long years of fighting
across the globe,

525
00:34:16,644 --> 00:34:18,744
World War Two is finally over.

526
00:34:25,751 --> 00:34:28,753
And now, Luciano wants
to make sure the valuable help

527
00:34:28,755 --> 00:34:33,524
he's given to the war effort
doesn't go unrewarded.

528
00:34:33,526 --> 00:34:36,760
(Richard Hammer) Luciano thought
of himself as an American patriot.

529
00:34:36,762 --> 00:34:40,530
The United States was getting
lots and lots of assistance

530
00:34:40,532 --> 00:34:43,266
from Luciano,
and he thought that

531
00:34:43,268 --> 00:34:46,269
as a reward for his service
in World War Two,

532
00:34:46,271 --> 00:34:50,206
he would be allowed
to resume his power.

533
00:34:50,208 --> 00:34:53,676
(narrator) Luciano drafts a letter
pleading his case for parole.

534
00:34:55,578 --> 00:34:57,445
He addresses it to
the one man with the power

535
00:34:57,447 --> 00:34:59,413
to grant him clemency,

536
00:34:59,415 --> 00:35:02,416
New York's
newly-elected governor,

537
00:35:02,418 --> 00:35:07,787
the man responsible for putting
Luciano in prison, Thomas Dewey.

538
00:35:07,789 --> 00:35:11,690
But Dewey has no reason
to grant Luciano a pardon

539
00:35:11,692 --> 00:35:14,225
and every reason to keep him
behind bars.

540
00:35:19,797 --> 00:35:23,299
Five months go by without word
from Dewey.

541
00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:28,569
By now, Luciano has been in
prison for nearly ten years.

542
00:35:30,772 --> 00:35:35,842
The entire time, he's been
scheming to find a way out.

543
00:35:35,844 --> 00:35:37,410
(Michael Green)
Lucky wants out of jail.

544
00:35:37,412 --> 00:35:39,412
He wants to go back
to making money

545
00:35:39,414 --> 00:35:41,547
and running
his organized crime syndicate.

546
00:35:43,349 --> 00:35:48,585
Lucky Luciano is willing
to do anything to stay in power.

547
00:35:50,454 --> 00:35:53,456
(narrator) In his quest
to gain his freedom,

548
00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:57,660
Luciano has done favors
for the FBI,

549
00:35:57,662 --> 00:36:01,429
the United States Navy,
and even Thomas Dewey.

550
00:36:03,865 --> 00:36:08,702
But with no response
to his quest for parole,

551
00:36:08,704 --> 00:36:11,638
it seems it's all been
for nothing.

552
00:36:23,517 --> 00:36:28,187
(narrator) In 1945, Lucky Luciano
sent a letter requesting parole

553
00:36:28,189 --> 00:36:32,124
to New York's governor,
Thomas Dewey.

554
00:36:33,459 --> 00:36:38,262
It's been seven months
and still no response.

555
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,464
When will we know?

556
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,401
Well, that's up to Dewey.

557
00:36:45,403 --> 00:36:48,404
Soon, Charlie,
I'll push it, soon.

558
00:36:49,806 --> 00:36:51,406
I've been talking
to my guys in the Navy,

559
00:36:51,408 --> 00:36:54,542
and they're leaning on him
real hard.

560
00:36:55,911 --> 00:36:57,844
That doesn't mean
he's gonna sign it.

561
00:37:01,481 --> 00:37:04,416
All we can do is try
to push all the right buttons

562
00:37:04,418 --> 00:37:06,518
and hope for the best.

563
00:37:15,194 --> 00:37:19,297
♪♪

564
00:37:19,299 --> 00:37:22,500
(narrator) With Luciano's
request for a pardon in hand,

565
00:37:22,502 --> 00:37:25,836
Thomas Dewey must make
a crucial decision.

566
00:37:25,838 --> 00:37:27,537
He's built
his political career

567
00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:30,406
on the back of Luciano's
conviction.

568
00:37:30,408 --> 00:37:32,207
But now,
he's getting pressure

569
00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:35,176
to free Luciano from
the United States Navy.

570
00:37:39,548 --> 00:37:41,215
Pressure was put on Dewey

571
00:37:41,217 --> 00:37:44,518
because of Luciano's
war service,

572
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,620
which was extensive.

573
00:37:46,622 --> 00:37:51,490
(narrator) But Luciano's work on
behalf of the military is classified.

574
00:37:51,492 --> 00:37:53,825
If Dewey does pardon Luciano,

575
00:37:53,827 --> 00:37:57,361
he won't be able
to reveal the reason.

576
00:37:57,363 --> 00:38:00,430
And for a politician with
presidential aspirations,

577
00:38:00,432 --> 00:38:03,266
releasing America's
most notorious gangster

578
00:38:03,268 --> 00:38:05,968
could be a major liability.

579
00:38:05,970 --> 00:38:08,503
The commutation
of Luciano's sentence was

580
00:38:08,505 --> 00:38:12,340
a politically controversial
issue at the time.

581
00:38:12,342 --> 00:38:17,211
And it was a difficult one
for him politically.

582
00:38:17,213 --> 00:38:19,446
(narrator) With pressure
mounting on all sides,

583
00:38:19,448 --> 00:38:21,681
Thomas Dewey comes up with
a solution

584
00:38:21,683 --> 00:38:25,451
to appease the military,
protect his political future,

585
00:38:25,453 --> 00:38:28,486
and deal with Luciano
once and for all.

586
00:38:29,888 --> 00:38:34,558
(indistinct shouting)

587
00:38:45,236 --> 00:38:48,304
I, uh, came as soon as
I got word.

588
00:38:49,873 --> 00:38:52,007
Dewey signed
the papers.

589
00:38:52,009 --> 00:38:54,275
But, um...

590
00:38:58,847 --> 00:39:00,447
You can't stay here.

591
00:39:04,351 --> 00:39:06,417
They're deporting you.

592
00:39:09,287 --> 00:39:11,521
To Italy.

593
00:39:17,994 --> 00:39:19,861
I'm an American.

594
00:39:24,833 --> 00:39:27,301
(Thomas Dewey III)
Based on the help that Luciano

595
00:39:27,303 --> 00:39:31,471
had given to the government
during the war,

596
00:39:31,473 --> 00:39:34,273
my grandfather
commuted his sentence

597
00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:36,308
with the additional condition
that he be deported

598
00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:38,375
and not return
to the United States.

599
00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:42,811
I guess
I'll go back.

600
00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:53,088
♪♪

601
00:40:02,998 --> 00:40:06,633
(narrator) After ten years, Luciano
has finally won his freedom.

602
00:40:12,739 --> 00:40:15,474
But it's come
at a steep price.

603
00:40:22,848 --> 00:40:25,916
(ship's horn blaring)

604
00:40:32,990 --> 00:40:36,158
For the first time since
his incarceration,

605
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,960
Luciano's original crew
is together again.

606
00:40:45,033 --> 00:40:49,970
Benny, you came all this way
to see me go.

607
00:40:49,972 --> 00:40:52,872
Had to say good-bye.

608
00:40:57,643 --> 00:41:00,544
Francesco.
Charlie.

609
00:41:00,546 --> 00:41:02,979
I just got word.

610
00:41:02,981 --> 00:41:05,715
The D.A.'s gonna drop
the charges against Vito.

611
00:41:05,717 --> 00:41:07,516
He's being released.

612
00:41:08,451 --> 00:41:11,019
Just keep
an eye on him.

613
00:41:11,021 --> 00:41:12,553
(ship's horn blowing)

614
00:41:18,660 --> 00:41:19,926
Meyer.

615
00:41:25,064 --> 00:41:26,998
I'm gonna miss you.
I'll miss you, too.

616
00:41:27,933 --> 00:41:29,566
Come visit me
sometime, huh?

617
00:41:32,002 --> 00:41:33,569
(bell clanging)

618
00:41:33,571 --> 00:41:37,038
♪♪

619
00:41:39,775 --> 00:41:43,210
(narrator) 40 years after
he arrived in New York,

620
00:41:43,212 --> 00:41:46,846
a penniless immigrant
from Sicily,

621
00:41:46,848 --> 00:41:49,548
Lucky Luciano
is being forced to leave

622
00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:51,917
the country he considers home.

623
00:41:53,953 --> 00:41:56,921
Luciano thought of himself
as an American.

624
00:41:56,923 --> 00:41:58,656
This is where
he had made it.

625
00:41:58,658 --> 00:42:00,557
This is where he wanted
to be.

626
00:42:00,559 --> 00:42:03,092
And he thought
that he would be allowed

627
00:42:03,094 --> 00:42:07,062
to stay here and resume
his power.

628
00:42:07,064 --> 00:42:09,731
(narrator) Luciano and his
crew have climbed their way

629
00:42:09,733 --> 00:42:12,166
to the top of
the New York underworld,

630
00:42:12,168 --> 00:42:15,802
amassed a fortune most men
can only dream of,

631
00:42:15,804 --> 00:42:19,038
and built
a criminal empire together.

632
00:42:20,507 --> 00:42:25,711
Now, Lucky Luciano must
leave it all behind.

633
00:42:32,819 --> 00:42:35,787
♪♪