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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,910 --> 00:00:04,310 (narrator) Previously... 2 00:00:04,312 --> 00:00:06,445 on "The Making of the Mob: New York"... 3 00:00:07,712 --> 00:00:11,280 For nearly a decade, Charles "Lucky" Luciano 4 00:00:11,282 --> 00:00:15,283 has run his criminal empire from a maximum-security prison. 5 00:00:15,285 --> 00:00:17,350 But the outbreak of World War II... 6 00:00:17,352 --> 00:00:21,653 (President Roosevelt) A date which will live in infamy. 7 00:00:21,655 --> 00:00:24,488 has given him the opportunity to get out. 8 00:00:24,490 --> 00:00:26,021 You'll never guess who I got a call from. 9 00:00:26,023 --> 00:00:28,389 - Who? - The FBI. 10 00:00:28,391 --> 00:00:31,491 (narrator) From behind bars, Luciano strikes deals 11 00:00:31,493 --> 00:00:34,292 with the FBI and the U.S. Navy... 12 00:00:34,294 --> 00:00:37,494 Well, listen, sir, just because we're businessmen, 13 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:38,895 doesn't mean we're not patriots. 14 00:00:38,897 --> 00:00:40,829 We'll lock down the docks. 15 00:00:40,831 --> 00:00:42,597 Using the Mafia's control of the waterfront 16 00:00:42,599 --> 00:00:44,931 to gain leverage with the government. 17 00:00:44,933 --> 00:00:46,932 Come on, let's go, we can move faster. 18 00:00:46,934 --> 00:00:50,567 (narrator) But Luciano's former acting boss, Vito Genovese, 19 00:00:50,569 --> 00:00:52,734 - becomes a major problem... - (door banging) 20 00:00:52,736 --> 00:00:56,036 Freeze! Freeze! Don't move, don't move, don't move! 21 00:00:56,038 --> 00:00:58,338 When he's arrested in Italy 22 00:00:58,340 --> 00:01:00,505 and sent back to New York on a murder rap. 23 00:01:00,507 --> 00:01:04,307 He's gonna testify. How could you be so stupid? 24 00:01:04,309 --> 00:01:06,441 (narrator) With a witness lined up to testify, 25 00:01:06,443 --> 00:01:08,341 Luciano orders a hit... 26 00:01:08,343 --> 00:01:10,875 Time for your daily dose. 27 00:01:10,877 --> 00:01:14,010 (coughing) that saves Genovese, 28 00:01:14,012 --> 00:01:17,345 but does nothing to earn Luciano his freedom. 29 00:01:17,347 --> 00:01:21,448 - (Luciano) When will we know? - That's up to Dewey. 30 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:24,850 (narrator) Finally, Thomas Dewey lets Luciano out of prison, 31 00:01:24,852 --> 00:01:26,884 but at a steep price. 32 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:29,585 They're deporting you... to Italy. 33 00:01:31,888 --> 00:01:33,787 (Luciano) You came all this way to see me go. 34 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:36,021 (narrator) Now, Luciano will have to figure out 35 00:01:36,023 --> 00:01:38,689 how to keep control of the American Mafia... 36 00:01:38,691 --> 00:01:40,557 Come visit me sometime, huh? 37 00:01:40,559 --> 00:01:43,357 From 4,000 miles away. 38 00:01:45,092 --> 00:01:49,094 ♪♪ 39 00:01:49,096 --> 00:01:52,329 (man) ♪ This ain't no time ♪ 40 00:01:52,331 --> 00:01:55,564 ♪ To feel sorry for myself ♪ 41 00:01:55,566 --> 00:01:59,567 ♪ I can't help it ♪ 42 00:01:59,569 --> 00:02:03,335 ♪ 'Cause there's nobody else ♪ 43 00:02:03,337 --> 00:02:06,503 ♪ And I walk these streets ♪ 44 00:02:06,505 --> 00:02:09,872 ♪ With your name on my tongue ♪ 45 00:02:09,874 --> 00:02:13,040 ♪ But I dare not speak ♪ 46 00:02:13,042 --> 00:02:15,474 ♪ Only there it belongs ♪ 47 00:02:17,743 --> 00:02:22,544 ♪ There's got to be a better way ♪ 48 00:02:22,546 --> 00:02:23,945 ♪ Better way ♪♪ 49 00:02:23,947 --> 00:02:26,046 synced and corrected by Caio www.addic7ed.com 50 00:02:31,783 --> 00:02:33,848 (church bell tolling) 51 00:02:37,418 --> 00:02:39,484 ♪♪ 52 00:02:44,088 --> 00:02:46,655 (door squeaking) 53 00:02:52,459 --> 00:02:54,393 (narrator) After 10 years in prison, 54 00:02:54,395 --> 00:02:57,027 Lucky Luciano is finally a free man. 55 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:01,796 But he's been exiled to Italy 56 00:03:01,798 --> 00:03:05,431 and told he can never return to America. 57 00:03:10,868 --> 00:03:12,635 In the 40 years 58 00:03:12,637 --> 00:03:16,069 since Luciano arrived in the United States, 59 00:03:16,071 --> 00:03:19,671 the no-name Sicilian immigrant 60 00:03:19,673 --> 00:03:21,739 has become a legend. 61 00:03:22,673 --> 00:03:24,740 Creating a criminal empire 62 00:03:24,742 --> 00:03:27,475 alongside the friends he's had for decades. 63 00:03:30,778 --> 00:03:33,612 (Joe Mantegna) Lucky Luciano is a Sicilian immigrant 64 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:36,413 and actually fits that perfect mold of a guy 65 00:03:36,415 --> 00:03:38,847 who comes to this country. 66 00:03:38,849 --> 00:03:42,749 It's almost like achieving the American dream, but... 67 00:03:42,751 --> 00:03:44,683 the dark side as opposed to the light side. 68 00:03:46,751 --> 00:03:49,685 (narrator) Now, Luciano's been forced to leave the future 69 00:03:49,687 --> 00:03:53,387 of the American Mafia in the hands of his crew. 70 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:01,392 (seagull calling) 71 00:04:01,394 --> 00:04:03,860 Nothing's changed, gentlemen. 72 00:04:04,927 --> 00:04:07,495 Lucky's still calling the shots. 73 00:04:09,096 --> 00:04:11,096 You're being modest, Frank. 74 00:04:11,098 --> 00:04:12,931 Of course, he is. 75 00:04:12,933 --> 00:04:14,464 He's a modest guy. 76 00:04:14,466 --> 00:04:18,633 (narrator) With Luciano 4,000 miles away, 77 00:04:18,635 --> 00:04:22,836 Frank Costello is the acting boss of Luciano's family 78 00:04:22,838 --> 00:04:26,104 and must keep the peace between the five New York crime families 79 00:04:26,106 --> 00:04:27,838 run by gangsters 80 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:31,507 like Joe Bonanno and Joe Profaci. 81 00:04:31,509 --> 00:04:33,040 You have our confidence. 82 00:04:40,846 --> 00:04:44,113 (narrator) The man Costello replaced, Vito Genovese, 83 00:04:44,115 --> 00:04:46,514 has been released from prison 84 00:04:46,516 --> 00:04:49,449 only to find himself demoted 85 00:04:49,451 --> 00:04:51,516 within the organization. 86 00:05:02,490 --> 00:05:04,957 What's on your mind, Vito? 87 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:07,758 How do we make things right between me and Charlie? 88 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:13,027 I think you're talking to the wrong guy. 89 00:05:15,196 --> 00:05:18,963 He's got me running the street gang like some punk. 90 00:05:18,965 --> 00:05:21,531 That's not right. 91 00:05:21,533 --> 00:05:22,899 It's out of my hands. 92 00:05:22,901 --> 00:05:24,833 I thought you was in charge here? 93 00:05:24,835 --> 00:05:27,068 Do you want me to go over Charlie's head? 94 00:05:28,702 --> 00:05:31,102 He's making me look like a fool. 95 00:05:35,139 --> 00:05:38,206 (Selwyn Raab) Vito Genovese was very envious. 96 00:05:40,975 --> 00:05:43,542 He felt that he had been short-changed, 97 00:05:43,544 --> 00:05:46,510 weren't getting all the benefits and all the wealth. 98 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:49,545 And it was no question 99 00:05:49,547 --> 00:05:53,180 that he was an archrival of Costello. 100 00:05:53,182 --> 00:05:56,215 (narrator) While Costello deals with Genovese, 101 00:05:56,217 --> 00:05:59,150 Meyer Lansky is overseeing an aggressive plan 102 00:05:59,152 --> 00:06:01,584 to expand the Luciano empire 103 00:06:01,586 --> 00:06:04,885 outside the United States. 104 00:06:08,521 --> 00:06:10,154 It's nice being close to the sea. 105 00:06:10,156 --> 00:06:11,854 We have the same thing in New York, 106 00:06:11,856 --> 00:06:13,921 - but it's nothing like this. - You have Coney Island. 107 00:06:13,923 --> 00:06:16,056 We have Coney Island. (chuckling) 108 00:06:16,058 --> 00:06:19,091 (narrator) Meyer Lansky has spent years paying off 109 00:06:19,093 --> 00:06:23,826 powerful Cuban politician Fulgencio Batista. 110 00:06:23,828 --> 00:06:26,661 Toast. 111 00:06:26,663 --> 00:06:30,463 To a beautiful future in a beautiful place. 112 00:06:30,465 --> 00:06:32,664 (Meyer Lansky II) My grandfather loved Cuba. 113 00:06:32,666 --> 00:06:36,233 He loved the Cuban people. He loved the weather. 114 00:06:36,235 --> 00:06:38,234 Hopefully we'll be spending a lot of time down here. 115 00:06:38,236 --> 00:06:39,868 (Lansky II) Batista knew that my grandfather 116 00:06:39,870 --> 00:06:41,768 was known for being honest. 117 00:06:41,770 --> 00:06:43,169 He brought him over 118 00:06:43,171 --> 00:06:45,069 and he started cleaning up the games. 119 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:47,503 (man) There we go. Big winner. 120 00:06:51,673 --> 00:06:54,006 (narrator) With Batista on the payroll, 121 00:06:54,008 --> 00:06:55,841 Lansky moves forward transforming 122 00:06:55,843 --> 00:06:59,675 Havana's seedy hotels into five-star casinos... 123 00:07:01,577 --> 00:07:05,078 that had the potential to make millions of dollars a day. 124 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,547 (Rich Cohen) Meyer Lansky wanted to be a legitimate businessman. 125 00:07:11,549 --> 00:07:14,582 And he just knew how to run a casino. 126 00:07:14,584 --> 00:07:17,084 I mean, the numbers, the odds, how the house always wins. 127 00:07:17,086 --> 00:07:19,885 What games they should play, how to take care of people. 128 00:07:19,887 --> 00:07:22,486 And his idea 129 00:07:22,488 --> 00:07:25,988 was really to do that ultimately in Cuba. 130 00:07:30,891 --> 00:07:34,058 (narrator) While Lansky's laying the foundation in Cuba, 131 00:07:34,060 --> 00:07:36,259 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel 132 00:07:36,261 --> 00:07:39,194 has set up a stronghold for the family in California. 133 00:07:39,196 --> 00:07:41,896 Take good care of her, that's what you could do for me, right? 134 00:07:41,898 --> 00:07:44,597 Thank you, here we go. 135 00:07:44,599 --> 00:07:46,531 Hey, how we doing over here, huh? 136 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:48,231 (narrator) Luciano's trusted hit man 137 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:50,933 has been in Los Angeles since the late '30s. 138 00:07:50,935 --> 00:07:53,200 He's infiltrated the movie industry, 139 00:07:53,202 --> 00:07:57,235 using mob-run unions to gain leverage with the studios. 140 00:07:57,237 --> 00:08:00,204 But after his years of loyalty, 141 00:08:00,206 --> 00:08:04,105 Siegel still has nothing to call his own. 142 00:08:15,879 --> 00:08:18,779 Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, 143 00:08:18,781 --> 00:08:22,214 Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky. 144 00:08:22,216 --> 00:08:25,716 Each of Siegel's childhood crew has either been the boss 145 00:08:25,718 --> 00:08:28,884 or has had the freedom to run his own operation. 146 00:08:31,119 --> 00:08:33,286 Siegel wants to be remembered 147 00:08:33,288 --> 00:08:35,821 as more than just a trigger man. 148 00:08:35,823 --> 00:08:38,756 He wants a lasting legacy. 149 00:08:41,692 --> 00:08:45,160 Siegel sees his opportunity 300 miles east 150 00:08:45,162 --> 00:08:47,995 in a stretch of barren Nevada desert 151 00:08:47,997 --> 00:08:50,663 known as Las Vegas. 152 00:08:50,665 --> 00:08:53,031 (Oscar Goodman) Las Vegas was a patch of sand. 153 00:08:53,033 --> 00:08:55,866 There weren't any buildings taller than two stories high. 154 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:58,034 It didn't have any kind of a reputation. 155 00:08:58,036 --> 00:08:59,768 It was hard to get to. 156 00:08:59,770 --> 00:09:02,836 (narrator) It may be a barren desert now, 157 00:09:02,838 --> 00:09:05,404 but Siegel sees what no one else can, 158 00:09:05,406 --> 00:09:07,938 a gambling mecca. 159 00:09:07,940 --> 00:09:10,773 Nevada is one of the few states in the country 160 00:09:10,775 --> 00:09:13,041 that has legalized gambling. 161 00:09:13,043 --> 00:09:16,009 (Siegel) I've been having this vision, right? 162 00:09:16,011 --> 00:09:19,177 And I look off into the dark desert and see these lights. 163 00:09:19,179 --> 00:09:21,278 They're so bright that they'll blind you, right? 164 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,746 And I see people and hotels 165 00:09:23,748 --> 00:09:26,881 and casinos and money. 166 00:09:26,883 --> 00:09:29,115 Lots of money. 167 00:09:29,117 --> 00:09:31,250 (narrator) Siegel's vision 168 00:09:31,252 --> 00:09:34,018 is a European-style mega hotel and casino 169 00:09:34,020 --> 00:09:37,720 that will attract the Hollywood crowd and the high rollers. 170 00:09:37,722 --> 00:09:40,188 And also bring in tourists willing to cough up 171 00:09:40,190 --> 00:09:42,289 thousands of dollars a night. 172 00:09:43,924 --> 00:09:46,391 Siegel names his hotel after his nickname 173 00:09:46,393 --> 00:09:48,392 for his long-legged girlfriend, 174 00:09:48,394 --> 00:09:51,227 Virginia Hill, the Flamingo. 175 00:09:51,229 --> 00:09:54,762 (Goodman) Bugsy Siegel saw that the future 176 00:09:54,764 --> 00:09:57,764 of entertainment and gambling 177 00:09:57,766 --> 00:09:59,731 and all that Las Vegas stands for, 178 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:02,300 as far as being an exciting tourist destination, 179 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:05,768 would be possible here in this desert. 180 00:10:05,770 --> 00:10:08,103 (narrator) But in order to make his dream a reality, 181 00:10:08,105 --> 00:10:10,704 Siegel needs one thing... 182 00:10:10,706 --> 00:10:13,272 money. 183 00:10:13,274 --> 00:10:17,208 (Siegel) It's a little town called Las Vegas. 184 00:10:17,210 --> 00:10:19,375 (Luciano) How much, Benny? 185 00:10:19,377 --> 00:10:22,043 A million dollars. A million dollars? 186 00:10:22,045 --> 00:10:24,144 You want us to pump a million dollars into the desert 187 00:10:24,146 --> 00:10:26,045 when we already got casinos making money? 188 00:10:26,047 --> 00:10:29,213 Yeah, 'cause there's one major difference. 189 00:10:29,215 --> 00:10:33,248 Gambling in Vegas is legal. 190 00:10:33,250 --> 00:10:35,416 -100%. - Legal, huh? 191 00:10:35,418 --> 00:10:37,717 I'm telling you, you got people from L.A. coming over. 192 00:10:37,719 --> 00:10:38,984 You got people from up North. 193 00:10:38,986 --> 00:10:40,918 Get the bigwig movie stars out there, 194 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,818 get some appearances going, some press. 195 00:10:42,820 --> 00:10:44,886 I'm talking fancy casino. 196 00:10:44,888 --> 00:10:47,053 You know, nice restaurants, good hotel rooms. 197 00:10:47,055 --> 00:10:48,953 It's a good investment, right? 198 00:10:48,955 --> 00:10:50,821 You put that money in, we get this thing going, 199 00:10:50,823 --> 00:10:53,055 we'll triple that profit in a week. 200 00:10:53,057 --> 00:10:55,423 And, listen, I've stood by you a long time. 201 00:10:55,425 --> 00:10:57,891 I think this is a good idea. 202 00:10:57,893 --> 00:11:00,059 Well, you better be right, Benny. 203 00:11:02,127 --> 00:11:06,062 (narrator) Luciano pledges to help fund his friend's Las Vegas dream. 204 00:11:07,396 --> 00:11:09,330 But he knows he'll need an even bigger venture 205 00:11:09,332 --> 00:11:12,832 if he's going to maintain his place in the Mafia. 206 00:11:12,834 --> 00:11:15,834 In the case of organized crime figures, you have to be successful. 207 00:11:15,836 --> 00:11:19,335 You have to make money. You have to be imaginative. 208 00:11:19,337 --> 00:11:21,236 And if you're not making money, 209 00:11:21,238 --> 00:11:24,204 you're gonna lose stature in the family. 210 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:40,180 (narrator) During the war, Vito Genovese made millions 211 00:11:40,182 --> 00:11:43,248 exporting Italy's legally manufactured heroin 212 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:46,149 to the United States. 213 00:11:49,452 --> 00:11:51,718 Now, Luciano seizes 214 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,385 what's left of Genovese's smuggling operation... 215 00:11:57,154 --> 00:11:59,320 and makes it his own. 216 00:12:00,789 --> 00:12:03,823 (Sal Polisi) The drug business was huge. 217 00:12:03,825 --> 00:12:05,423 The amount of money that you could make 218 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:07,191 in one day with drugs, 219 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:09,258 it would take you years to make gambling. 220 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:11,425 (narrator) With heroin now illegal in Italy, 221 00:12:11,427 --> 00:12:15,094 Luciano invests hundreds of thousands of dollars 222 00:12:15,096 --> 00:12:17,929 converting Sicilian candy factories 223 00:12:17,931 --> 00:12:20,430 into underground heroin labs. 224 00:12:20,432 --> 00:12:23,765 (speaking Italian) 225 00:12:23,767 --> 00:12:25,166 (responding in Italian) 226 00:12:25,168 --> 00:12:27,267 (narrator) Luciano knows 227 00:12:27,269 --> 00:12:30,002 with his vast criminal network in the United States, 228 00:12:30,004 --> 00:12:33,804 he already has a market of millions of customers. 229 00:12:33,806 --> 00:12:36,972 All he needs now is a way to smuggle the drugs 230 00:12:36,974 --> 00:12:40,341 into America undetected. 231 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:42,407 ♪♪ 232 00:12:46,144 --> 00:12:49,145 Hey, wake up, your portrait's in "The New York Times". (chuckling) 233 00:12:49,147 --> 00:12:52,013 Uh... thank you. 234 00:12:53,348 --> 00:12:55,881 Charlie. Oh. 235 00:12:55,883 --> 00:12:58,115 So good to see you. 236 00:12:58,117 --> 00:12:59,783 Even if it is a pain in the ass to get here. 237 00:12:59,785 --> 00:13:01,483 It's good to see you, too. 238 00:13:01,485 --> 00:13:03,750 (exhaling) But don't unpack yet. 239 00:13:03,752 --> 00:13:05,184 And wire your wife. 240 00:13:05,186 --> 00:13:07,118 Let her know we'll be gone for a few more weeks. 241 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,520 What? What's going on? 242 00:13:10,522 --> 00:13:13,054 I want to go to Cuba. 243 00:13:13,056 --> 00:13:15,755 See this operation you've built for us. 244 00:13:15,757 --> 00:13:18,323 (narrator) Luciano realizes 245 00:13:18,325 --> 00:13:21,291 that Cuba is the missing piece to what could be 246 00:13:21,293 --> 00:13:24,294 a billion dollar drug operation in America. 247 00:13:24,295 --> 00:13:26,295 Now all he needs to do 248 00:13:26,297 --> 00:13:29,830 is sell the idea to the rest of the Mafia. 249 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:35,366 (seagull calling) 250 00:13:39,403 --> 00:13:41,469 (narrator) After seven months in exile, 251 00:13:41,471 --> 00:13:44,771 Lucky Luciano leaves Italy in secret... 252 00:13:46,773 --> 00:13:48,306 and heads to a country 253 00:13:48,308 --> 00:13:51,074 that's become a safe haven for the mob... 254 00:13:52,475 --> 00:13:55,408 and is only 90 miles away from America... 255 00:13:58,344 --> 00:14:00,411 Cuba. 256 00:14:03,781 --> 00:14:07,082 Meyer Lansky's association with the Cuban government 257 00:14:07,084 --> 00:14:10,050 allows mobsters to operate without interference, 258 00:14:10,052 --> 00:14:12,317 making it the perfect place 259 00:14:12,319 --> 00:14:15,218 for Luciano to make his comeback. 260 00:14:20,488 --> 00:14:22,821 Luciano calls for a gathering 261 00:14:22,823 --> 00:14:25,489 that will bring the Five Families to the island country 262 00:14:25,491 --> 00:14:27,858 to reaffirm his status 263 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:31,993 and announce a plan to expand the Mafia's power. 264 00:14:31,995 --> 00:14:35,461 It will become known as the Havana Summit. 265 00:14:37,863 --> 00:14:40,331 - (ship horn blows) - (jazz band playing) 266 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:42,198 (Luciano) You ladies enjoying yourselves? 267 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,499 (narrator) For his long-awaited return, 268 00:14:44,501 --> 00:14:47,167 Luciano decides to go big 269 00:14:47,169 --> 00:14:50,802 and brings a well-known performer in from New York City 270 00:14:50,804 --> 00:14:53,203 named Frank Sinatra. 271 00:14:53,205 --> 00:14:55,438 ♪♪ 272 00:14:57,406 --> 00:15:01,040 (Michael Green) Why shouldn't a group of wealthy entrepreneurs 273 00:15:01,042 --> 00:15:03,875 who are gathered for an event hire an entertainer? 274 00:15:03,877 --> 00:15:06,076 It happens all the time. 275 00:15:06,078 --> 00:15:08,243 In this case, it happened to be a bunch of gangsters 276 00:15:08,245 --> 00:15:10,378 bringing in the guy we came to know 277 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:12,445 as the "Chairman of the Board". 278 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,413 Sinatra did indeed have friends in the Mafia. 279 00:15:16,415 --> 00:15:20,182 But if you're a singer, who are you dealing with? 280 00:15:20,184 --> 00:15:22,416 I mean, who owns the nightclubs? 281 00:15:22,418 --> 00:15:24,483 Mafia leaders. 282 00:15:26,252 --> 00:15:29,086 (Richard Hammer) They had this big party. You look very nice. 283 00:15:29,088 --> 00:15:31,954 Everybody came and they brought money 284 00:15:31,956 --> 00:15:34,288 and they brought gifts to Luciano. 285 00:15:34,290 --> 00:15:36,956 (indistinct chatter) 286 00:15:36,958 --> 00:15:40,058 Everybody was happy, and they thought that Luciano 287 00:15:40,060 --> 00:15:42,492 would be on the next boat back to the United States. 288 00:15:48,330 --> 00:15:51,364 (narrator) With America's top gangsters assembled, 289 00:15:51,366 --> 00:15:53,432 Luciano gets down to business. 290 00:15:55,267 --> 00:15:57,900 (Luciano) I called this meeting to personally tell you 291 00:15:57,902 --> 00:16:00,035 about our intentions for the future. 292 00:16:00,037 --> 00:16:02,369 (narrator) His first proposal is to get the families 293 00:16:02,371 --> 00:16:06,138 to invest in Bugsy Siegel's Las Vegas casino 294 00:16:06,140 --> 00:16:10,073 in an attempt to do what Lansky has done for Cuba 295 00:16:10,075 --> 00:16:12,208 on American soil. 296 00:16:12,210 --> 00:16:14,542 Part two of Luciano's plan 297 00:16:14,544 --> 00:16:18,478 is an even more ambitious and lucrative proposal. 298 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,213 (Luciano) We're gonna be bringing a lot more heroin into the country. 299 00:16:21,215 --> 00:16:24,281 From Italy to Cuba to Florida... 300 00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:27,249 and then from New York to Los Angeles. 301 00:16:27,251 --> 00:16:29,250 You guys are gonna have to get your transportation, 302 00:16:29,252 --> 00:16:32,218 your storage and your distribution in order. 303 00:16:32,220 --> 00:16:35,153 Because if we do this thing right, 304 00:16:35,155 --> 00:16:37,254 we'll make 10 times more than we did last year 305 00:16:37,256 --> 00:16:40,122 and then 10 times more the year after that. 306 00:16:40,124 --> 00:16:42,557 And everybody will get their cut. 307 00:16:42,559 --> 00:16:46,559 How about the guy who set the whole thing up? 308 00:16:46,561 --> 00:16:49,094 What do you mean, Vito? 309 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:51,161 - You know what I'm talking about. - No, I don't. 310 00:16:52,295 --> 00:16:54,362 Where's my cut? 311 00:16:55,896 --> 00:16:58,930 Why don't we talk about that after? 312 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,867 (narrator) While the assembled families 313 00:17:06,869 --> 00:17:09,568 agree to Luciano's proposals, 314 00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:12,636 Genovese feels he's being cut out of the heroin racket 315 00:17:12,638 --> 00:17:14,436 he set up in Italy. 316 00:17:14,438 --> 00:17:16,605 ♪♪ 317 00:17:18,673 --> 00:17:21,040 Luciano's factories in Italy 318 00:17:21,042 --> 00:17:24,108 begin producing tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, 319 00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:27,076 which is then smuggled across the Atlantic 320 00:17:27,078 --> 00:17:31,279 through the Caribbean and into the United States. 321 00:17:31,281 --> 00:17:33,413 Luciano was key in setting up, 322 00:17:33,415 --> 00:17:37,082 uh, the importation of heroin. 323 00:17:37,084 --> 00:17:39,249 He had set up 324 00:17:39,251 --> 00:17:42,117 the first pipeline 325 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,518 for the heroin to come into the United States. 326 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,053 (narrator) From his headquarters in Havana, 327 00:17:47,055 --> 00:17:50,055 Lucky Luciano is now in control 328 00:17:50,057 --> 00:17:52,489 of a global narcotics empire. 329 00:17:55,692 --> 00:17:58,993 But there's still even more money to be made. 330 00:18:06,064 --> 00:18:08,065 2,000 miles from Cuba 331 00:18:08,067 --> 00:18:10,466 in the middle of the Nevada desert, 332 00:18:10,468 --> 00:18:13,367 Bugsy Siegel had just broken ground 333 00:18:13,369 --> 00:18:16,102 on a luxury hotel and casino. 334 00:18:25,509 --> 00:18:28,009 When you talk about visionaries of Las Vegas, 335 00:18:28,011 --> 00:18:29,543 you gotta put at the very top 336 00:18:29,545 --> 00:18:31,610 a fella like Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. 337 00:18:31,612 --> 00:18:34,645 (narrator) The Five Families have invested millions of dollars 338 00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,747 in Siegel's vision to turn Las Vegas 339 00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:40,715 into the gambling capital of the country. 340 00:18:40,717 --> 00:18:43,216 Bugsy, we gotta talk numbers. 341 00:18:43,218 --> 00:18:44,750 So in order to be ready for opening, 342 00:18:44,752 --> 00:18:47,418 we need 300,000 for building material, 343 00:18:47,420 --> 00:18:49,252 500,000 for plumbing 344 00:18:49,254 --> 00:18:51,287 and 700,000 for labor? 345 00:18:51,289 --> 00:18:54,454 Yeah. How is this possible? 346 00:18:54,456 --> 00:18:58,123 (narrator) But the massive project is already encountering problems. 347 00:18:58,125 --> 00:19:01,325 (Green) Siegel wasn't necessarily the best businessman. 348 00:19:01,327 --> 00:19:04,093 The Flamingo's costs 349 00:19:04,095 --> 00:19:07,161 were spectacularly overrun. 350 00:19:07,163 --> 00:19:09,630 That's a million and a half more I need to come up with. 351 00:19:09,632 --> 00:19:11,597 We're in the desert. I got trucks coming, I got... 352 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:14,398 Listen, hey, keep the guys working. 353 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,232 I'll get the money. 354 00:19:16,234 --> 00:19:18,334 Just build the damn hotel. 355 00:19:18,336 --> 00:19:22,235 (narrator) Siegel's operation has gone wildly over budget, 356 00:19:22,237 --> 00:19:26,238 forcing him to borrow more money from the Five Families. 357 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,138 Now more than ever, 358 00:19:28,140 --> 00:19:30,673 he needs the Flamingo to succeed. 359 00:19:37,145 --> 00:19:39,211 ♪♪ 360 00:19:42,647 --> 00:19:46,281 (narrator) Lucky Luciano is running his criminal empire from Cuba. 361 00:19:46,283 --> 00:19:48,315 And he's using the island nation 362 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:51,283 to smuggle heroin into the United States. 363 00:19:51,285 --> 00:19:54,118 My pleasure, my pleasure, enjoy yourselves. 364 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,152 (chatter) 365 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:58,487 There was so much money in the drug trade 366 00:19:58,489 --> 00:20:02,589 that every family sooner or later got into it. 367 00:20:02,591 --> 00:20:05,390 No one could stay away from it. 368 00:20:10,561 --> 00:20:12,294 (narrator) While the mob is making a fortune 369 00:20:12,296 --> 00:20:14,628 on Luciano's drug ring... 370 00:20:16,364 --> 00:20:18,630 Vito Genovese believes 371 00:20:18,632 --> 00:20:20,797 he's the one who deserves the respect 372 00:20:20,799 --> 00:20:23,532 and a larger cut of the profit. 373 00:20:25,635 --> 00:20:28,602 (Hammer) Luciano, he just did not like Genovese. 374 00:20:28,604 --> 00:20:30,269 He hated him. 375 00:20:30,271 --> 00:20:32,436 Genovese was a powerful man, 376 00:20:32,438 --> 00:20:34,805 uh, but, uh, they didn't get along. 377 00:20:34,807 --> 00:20:36,372 They never got along. 378 00:20:48,847 --> 00:20:51,080 (softly) I like your... 379 00:20:51,082 --> 00:20:53,348 Did you forget about our meeting, Charlie? 380 00:21:00,352 --> 00:21:02,686 No, I didn't forget about our meeting. 381 00:21:05,588 --> 00:21:08,288 You're holding me down, Charlie. 382 00:21:08,290 --> 00:21:10,355 And I want to know why. 383 00:21:10,357 --> 00:21:14,157 - You want to know the truth? - Yeah. 384 00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:15,690 'Cause you're stupid. 385 00:21:17,225 --> 00:21:19,825 I done all right for myself. 386 00:21:19,827 --> 00:21:22,226 Yeah. 387 00:21:22,228 --> 00:21:24,493 Because me and Meyer and Frank have looked out for you 388 00:21:24,495 --> 00:21:27,528 all your life, that's why. 389 00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:30,329 I earned my place in this thing. 390 00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:32,464 And I deserve some respect. 391 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:34,698 You deserve what I tell you you deserve. 392 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:38,366 And you've earned nothing. 393 00:21:41,168 --> 00:21:43,301 Well, since we're telling the truth... 394 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,704 how's it feel to know you're never going back to New York? 395 00:21:49,572 --> 00:21:51,606 Must hurt. 396 00:21:53,407 --> 00:21:56,140 It's gonna hurt even more when the feds catch up with you. 397 00:21:58,876 --> 00:22:01,276 How would the feds know where I am, Vito? 398 00:22:02,678 --> 00:22:04,811 Who's to say they don't already know? 399 00:22:09,482 --> 00:22:11,448 - Huh? What have you got? - (grunting) 400 00:22:13,216 --> 00:22:15,183 - Come on. - (grunting continues) 401 00:22:19,385 --> 00:22:22,319 (coughing) 402 00:22:22,321 --> 00:22:24,554 (narrator) For decades, Luciano and Genovese 403 00:22:24,556 --> 00:22:26,655 have been loyal business partners. 404 00:22:26,657 --> 00:22:29,490 But Luciano realizes that from now on, 405 00:22:29,492 --> 00:22:32,758 Genovese can't be trusted. 406 00:22:36,328 --> 00:22:38,761 Meanwhile, 2,000 miles away 407 00:22:38,763 --> 00:22:40,828 in a Nevada desert, 408 00:22:40,830 --> 00:22:43,530 Bugsy Siegel's luxury hotel and casino 409 00:22:43,532 --> 00:22:45,797 is finally complete. 410 00:22:47,398 --> 00:22:49,332 To build the Flamingo, 411 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:52,367 Siegel's borrowed the modern-day equivalent 412 00:22:52,369 --> 00:22:55,201 of $60 million from the mob. 413 00:22:57,469 --> 00:23:00,403 (Cohen) Bugsy saw his chance in Las Vegas 414 00:23:00,405 --> 00:23:03,505 because he'd invested everything in this sort of dream 415 00:23:03,507 --> 00:23:06,607 of building a legitimate gambling empire 416 00:23:06,609 --> 00:23:09,909 just like Steve Wynn or anybody else. 417 00:23:09,911 --> 00:23:13,912 (narrator) Bugsy Siegel knows the Flamingo has to be a huge success. 418 00:23:20,449 --> 00:23:24,451 But on opening night, a huge storm hits Las Vegas. 419 00:23:24,453 --> 00:23:27,519 And with many of the hotel rooms unfinished, 420 00:23:27,521 --> 00:23:31,321 Bugsy Siegel's big opening is a bust. 421 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:40,192 Bugsy Siegel, he had this great vision 422 00:23:40,194 --> 00:23:43,727 of having this luxury resort in the middle of the desert 423 00:23:43,729 --> 00:23:47,629 that would attract people, that would become something big. 424 00:23:47,631 --> 00:23:50,364 But the night the Flamingo opened, 425 00:23:50,366 --> 00:23:52,765 December 26th, 1946, 426 00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:54,766 the hotel wasn't ready. 427 00:23:54,768 --> 00:23:57,701 And the costs 428 00:23:57,703 --> 00:24:01,336 were spectacularly overrun. 429 00:24:03,304 --> 00:24:05,805 Virginia, get me a drink. 430 00:24:05,807 --> 00:24:07,872 Sure. 431 00:24:17,379 --> 00:24:19,912 Chin up, huh? We'll be all right. 432 00:24:19,914 --> 00:24:22,480 It's this weather slowing everyone down. 433 00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:24,546 Yeah. It'll be all right, baby. 434 00:24:27,949 --> 00:24:30,450 Here's to you, doll. 435 00:24:31,717 --> 00:24:33,717 (narrator) In the first week it's open, 436 00:24:33,719 --> 00:24:36,619 the Flamingo loses the modern-day equivalent 437 00:24:36,621 --> 00:24:39,721 of $3.6 million 438 00:24:39,723 --> 00:24:42,888 and Siegel is forced to shut down. 439 00:24:42,890 --> 00:24:45,590 His Las Vegas dream 440 00:24:45,592 --> 00:24:47,657 has turned into a nightmare. 441 00:24:53,862 --> 00:24:55,962 ♪♪ 442 00:24:58,397 --> 00:25:00,231 (narrator) In 1947, 443 00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:02,298 just two weeks after its opening night, 444 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,199 Bugsy Siegel's Las Vegas hotel 445 00:25:05,201 --> 00:25:07,567 has been forced to close. 446 00:25:07,569 --> 00:25:09,902 And his boss and business partner, 447 00:25:09,904 --> 00:25:12,904 Lucky Luciano, wants answers. 448 00:25:21,276 --> 00:25:23,809 (Luciano) Meyer, this isn't good. 449 00:25:23,811 --> 00:25:25,743 There's a lot of money unaccounted for. 450 00:25:25,745 --> 00:25:28,479 I really think this thing can make money. 451 00:25:28,481 --> 00:25:30,379 He just needs a little more time. 452 00:25:33,315 --> 00:25:35,248 Meyer, I love you like a brother. 453 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:37,583 And I love Ben like a brother. 454 00:25:37,585 --> 00:25:39,817 But time is running out on him. 455 00:25:39,819 --> 00:25:42,652 You know it, he knows it. 456 00:25:42,654 --> 00:25:46,254 (narrator) Meyer Lansky manages to buy more time for Bugsy Siegel 457 00:25:46,256 --> 00:25:48,888 to make the Flamingo a success. 458 00:25:50,756 --> 00:25:53,757 And Siegel knows that this time, 459 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:56,226 he has to pull it off. 460 00:25:56,228 --> 00:25:59,627 He finally completes the construction of the guest rooms. 461 00:25:59,629 --> 00:26:03,429 He pays publicists to hype the event... 462 00:26:03,431 --> 00:26:05,763 (excited chatter) 463 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:07,765 and calls in favors 464 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:10,299 from all of his celebrity friends. 465 00:26:10,301 --> 00:26:12,300 (excited chatter continues) 466 00:26:12,302 --> 00:26:14,335 (Cohen) Bugsy was kind of like the Italian gangster 467 00:26:14,337 --> 00:26:15,935 of Jewish gangsters. 468 00:26:15,937 --> 00:26:18,937 He was flash, he was out in public, he was dating starlets. 469 00:26:18,939 --> 00:26:22,705 And sort of like his full-time gig was being Bugsy Siegel. 470 00:26:25,542 --> 00:26:27,875 ♪♪ 471 00:26:27,877 --> 00:26:29,942 (chatter) 472 00:26:34,079 --> 00:26:36,345 (narrator) On a clear Las Vegas night, 473 00:26:36,347 --> 00:26:38,880 three months after closing its doors, 474 00:26:38,882 --> 00:26:42,514 The Flamingo was ready for its second grand opening. 475 00:26:47,918 --> 00:26:49,884 And gamblers from all over the country 476 00:26:49,886 --> 00:26:52,051 show up to spend their money. 477 00:26:52,053 --> 00:26:55,019 (indistinct chatter) 478 00:26:56,654 --> 00:26:58,553 Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel 479 00:26:58,555 --> 00:27:00,121 was really the first of its kind. 480 00:27:00,123 --> 00:27:02,555 It had its great restaurants, 481 00:27:02,557 --> 00:27:03,988 it had its terrific bars, 482 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:06,990 swimming pools, gorgeous women. 483 00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:09,559 I mean, it was a precursor 484 00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:11,560 of what Las Vegas is today. 485 00:27:11,562 --> 00:27:14,094 Welcome to the Flamingo. Enjoy yourself. 486 00:27:14,096 --> 00:27:16,728 - How are you tonight? Good, how are you? - You look beautiful. 487 00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:19,129 - Oh, thank you. - (slot machine clinking) 488 00:27:19,131 --> 00:27:22,430 (narrator) After more than a year of delays and budget overages... 489 00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:29,434 Bugsy Siegel's big gamble on a forgotten desert town 490 00:27:29,436 --> 00:27:32,135 finally pays off. 491 00:27:41,641 --> 00:27:45,109 While Bugsy Siegel is riding high, 492 00:27:45,111 --> 00:27:47,510 Vito Genovese is convinced 493 00:27:47,512 --> 00:27:50,078 it's time he gets a bigger cut of the profits 494 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,080 for laying the groundwork 495 00:27:52,082 --> 00:27:55,148 for Luciano's Italian heroin racket. 496 00:27:56,649 --> 00:27:58,749 I just can't get it out of my head. 497 00:27:58,751 --> 00:28:00,851 Try. I'm trying. 498 00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:03,552 Well, then try harder. 499 00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:14,658 They had nothing before me... nothing! 500 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:17,593 Now what are they clearing? 501 00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:19,994 A couple million dollars. 502 00:28:19,996 --> 00:28:23,429 Every week. Each and every week. 503 00:28:24,464 --> 00:28:26,530 That's my money. 504 00:28:32,734 --> 00:28:35,501 You should take it back. 505 00:28:35,503 --> 00:28:38,936 Baby, it's not that complicated. 506 00:28:48,543 --> 00:28:50,843 (narrator) As Vito Genovese looks for a way 507 00:28:50,845 --> 00:28:53,845 to be the boss once again, 508 00:28:53,847 --> 00:28:55,980 the U.S. government 509 00:28:55,982 --> 00:28:58,948 eliminates one of his greatest obstacles. 510 00:28:58,950 --> 00:29:01,849 The Federal Bureau of Narcotics 511 00:29:01,851 --> 00:29:04,951 has had Lucky Luciano under surveillance in Cuba. 512 00:29:04,953 --> 00:29:08,119 And soon learns of his drug ring 513 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,687 importing heroin into the United States 514 00:29:10,689 --> 00:29:12,854 on a massive scale. 515 00:29:19,825 --> 00:29:23,126 The United States decided that they didn't want Luciano here. 516 00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:25,927 And they put pressure on the Cuban government... 517 00:29:28,029 --> 00:29:30,562 and made the Cuban government 518 00:29:30,564 --> 00:29:32,430 send him back to Italy, 519 00:29:32,432 --> 00:29:36,065 which was the last thing he wanted to do at that point. 520 00:29:39,201 --> 00:29:41,134 (narrator) In March of 1947, 521 00:29:41,136 --> 00:29:43,802 Luciano is forced to board a ship 522 00:29:43,804 --> 00:29:45,869 bound for Italy. 523 00:29:47,705 --> 00:29:49,771 ♪♪ 524 00:29:51,639 --> 00:29:53,840 Destroying his dreams 525 00:29:53,842 --> 00:29:56,775 of returning to America. 526 00:30:04,713 --> 00:30:07,980 (narrator) After being deported to Italy again, 527 00:30:07,982 --> 00:30:10,548 Lucky Luciano's control of his empire 528 00:30:10,550 --> 00:30:13,049 has continued to crumble. 529 00:30:13,051 --> 00:30:15,217 And he's made a dangerous new enemy 530 00:30:15,219 --> 00:30:17,551 out of Vito Genovese. 531 00:30:19,653 --> 00:30:23,821 While Bugsy Siegel's casino is finally turning a profit, 532 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:26,155 none of the mob bosses who invested 533 00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:29,824 are getting their cut. 534 00:30:29,826 --> 00:30:32,659 Well, how fast do we get to making that up? I don't know. 535 00:30:32,661 --> 00:30:34,860 This is an investment, there's a certain way it should be run. 536 00:30:34,862 --> 00:30:36,995 It should be here. $6 million. 537 00:30:36,997 --> 00:30:38,562 He's gotten very soft, Bugsy. 538 00:30:38,564 --> 00:30:40,696 Listen, I trust Bugsy, I grew up with him. 539 00:30:40,698 --> 00:30:43,764 Yeah, but he has a soft spot, you know, and he can't see. 540 00:30:43,766 --> 00:30:45,732 He likes the broads too much. That's what I'm talking about. 541 00:30:45,734 --> 00:30:47,466 Exactly. He's become Mr. Hollywood. 542 00:30:47,468 --> 00:30:49,000 But all this exposure's not needed. 543 00:30:49,002 --> 00:30:50,734 (narrator) In New York, 544 00:30:50,736 --> 00:30:52,736 the other families are beginning to lose patience 545 00:30:52,738 --> 00:30:54,903 with Bugsy Siegel. 546 00:30:54,905 --> 00:30:57,237 There were stories that Virginia Hill stole money. 547 00:30:57,239 --> 00:31:00,005 There were stories that Bugsy Siegel stole money. 548 00:31:00,007 --> 00:31:03,173 And the investors are not happy with all that. 549 00:31:03,175 --> 00:31:06,575 And, eventually, mobsters get together 550 00:31:06,577 --> 00:31:10,077 and are debating what are we going to do about this? 551 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,779 (car horn honking) 552 00:31:15,847 --> 00:31:17,913 (clock ticking slowly) 553 00:31:26,786 --> 00:31:28,753 (door opens) 554 00:31:28,755 --> 00:31:31,488 What happened? 555 00:31:34,757 --> 00:31:36,857 Virginia Hill is what happened. 556 00:31:36,859 --> 00:31:39,191 One of our guys at the airport just spotted Miss Hill 557 00:31:39,193 --> 00:31:41,593 on a flight to Switzerland with a ton of luggage. 558 00:31:45,829 --> 00:31:48,029 The Flamingo is packed every night. 559 00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:50,164 They're turning people away at the door. 560 00:31:52,232 --> 00:31:55,266 Where the hell is the money? 561 00:31:56,768 --> 00:31:58,234 I'll tell you where it is. 562 00:31:58,236 --> 00:32:01,669 It's on a damn plane to Switzerland with Virginia Hill. 563 00:32:07,206 --> 00:32:10,207 It's gotta be done, Meyer. 564 00:32:10,209 --> 00:32:14,109 (sighs) Lucky and I don't like it any more than you do. 565 00:32:19,913 --> 00:32:21,246 Frank... 566 00:32:21,248 --> 00:32:23,580 Let me talk to him. 567 00:32:51,566 --> 00:32:53,632 ♪♪ 568 00:33:02,237 --> 00:33:07,239 ♪ Jesus, I am coming home today ♪ 569 00:33:07,241 --> 00:33:09,907 ♪ For I have found ♪ 570 00:33:09,909 --> 00:33:13,276 ♪ There's joy in Thee alone ♪ 571 00:33:13,278 --> 00:33:16,011 ♪ From the path of sin ♪ 572 00:33:16,013 --> 00:33:18,846 ♪ I turn away ♪ 573 00:33:18,848 --> 00:33:23,848 ♪ Now I am coming home ♪ 574 00:33:23,850 --> 00:33:29,984 ♪ Jesus, I am coming home today ♪ 575 00:33:29,986 --> 00:33:35,920 ♪ Never, never more from Thee to stray ♪ (phone ringing) 576 00:33:35,922 --> 00:33:40,922 ♪ Lord I now accept Thy precious promise ♪ 577 00:33:40,924 --> 00:33:43,057 (gunshots) 578 00:33:47,126 --> 00:33:49,594 (gunshots continue, glass shattering) 579 00:33:58,967 --> 00:34:03,001 (phone ringing) 580 00:34:11,274 --> 00:34:13,340 (ringing continues) 581 00:34:29,652 --> 00:34:31,752 (Bugsy) To the Lower East Side Gang. 582 00:34:33,019 --> 00:34:34,719 Salud. 583 00:34:39,222 --> 00:34:42,690 You came all this way to see me go? 584 00:34:42,692 --> 00:34:44,858 Had to say good-bye. 585 00:34:50,829 --> 00:34:52,862 (Polisi) In the life, 586 00:34:52,864 --> 00:34:54,963 you justify your actions 587 00:34:54,965 --> 00:34:57,864 and you figure a way out to make yourself believe 588 00:34:57,866 --> 00:35:00,899 that it's okay to do illegal things, 589 00:35:00,901 --> 00:35:03,700 immoral things, commit acts of violence. 590 00:35:06,803 --> 00:35:08,769 You can't have any regrets. 591 00:35:11,738 --> 00:35:15,039 (narrator) On June 20th, 1947, 592 00:35:15,041 --> 00:35:19,340 Bugsy Siegel is shot nine times in Beverly Hills. 593 00:35:19,342 --> 00:35:21,675 Siegel becomes 594 00:35:21,677 --> 00:35:23,809 the first of Luciano's original crew 595 00:35:23,811 --> 00:35:25,875 to be killed. 596 00:35:28,777 --> 00:35:30,644 The death of Bugsy Siegel still... 597 00:35:30,646 --> 00:35:31,977 It's like the death of John F. Kennedy. 598 00:35:31,979 --> 00:35:33,345 It's a big mystery. 599 00:35:33,347 --> 00:35:35,979 He lost a lot of the mob's money. 600 00:35:35,981 --> 00:35:39,014 And he had done something that people got killed for 601 00:35:39,016 --> 00:35:40,748 doing with the mob. 602 00:35:40,750 --> 00:35:42,983 And the people most often killed by the mob 603 00:35:42,985 --> 00:35:45,984 are other mobsters, so it seems to fit that pattern. 604 00:35:48,353 --> 00:35:50,720 (Green) Exactly what was decided 605 00:35:50,722 --> 00:35:52,854 is not entirely known. 606 00:35:52,856 --> 00:35:55,089 As for who did it, there have been stories 607 00:35:55,091 --> 00:35:57,256 that it was this hit man or that hit man. 608 00:35:57,258 --> 00:35:59,090 That it was because of the skimming, 609 00:35:59,092 --> 00:36:01,491 that it was due to the Flamingo not making profits. 610 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:04,759 There's even a theory that because he and Virginia Hill 611 00:36:04,761 --> 00:36:07,294 had a very difficult relationship, 612 00:36:07,296 --> 00:36:09,495 that her brother was avenging that, 613 00:36:09,497 --> 00:36:11,863 and it had nothing to do with the mob. 614 00:36:11,865 --> 00:36:13,431 What happened? 615 00:36:13,433 --> 00:36:15,432 Well, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department, 616 00:36:15,434 --> 00:36:17,733 it is still an open case. 617 00:36:19,102 --> 00:36:21,869 (narrator) 20 minutes after his murder, 618 00:36:21,871 --> 00:36:24,270 Meyer Lansky's men 619 00:36:24,272 --> 00:36:27,171 take control of the Flamingo. 620 00:36:32,308 --> 00:36:34,342 ♪♪ 621 00:36:35,476 --> 00:36:38,376 (narrator) In 1947, Bugsy Siegel, 622 00:36:38,378 --> 00:36:41,112 one of Lucky Luciano's oldest friends 623 00:36:41,114 --> 00:36:44,513 and business partners, has been murdered. 624 00:36:46,449 --> 00:36:49,049 And while the mob has moved quickly to take over 625 00:36:49,051 --> 00:36:50,849 Siegel's hotel in Las Vegas 626 00:36:50,851 --> 00:36:53,418 and Luciano's authority has been restored... 627 00:36:55,253 --> 00:36:57,953 another member of Luciano's operation 628 00:36:57,955 --> 00:37:01,521 begins organizing his own fight for control. 629 00:37:05,024 --> 00:37:08,191 Frustrated by his lack of power within the Mafia... 630 00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:13,527 Vito Genovese wants to be boss again 631 00:37:13,529 --> 00:37:17,763 and begins to look outside the Luciano family for help. 632 00:37:20,866 --> 00:37:23,066 He reaches out to a mid-level gangster 633 00:37:23,068 --> 00:37:25,133 in one of the other New York families. 634 00:37:25,135 --> 00:37:27,901 A 46-year-old Sicilian underboss 635 00:37:27,903 --> 00:37:30,302 in the Mangano family 636 00:37:30,304 --> 00:37:32,837 named Carlo Gambino. 637 00:37:34,772 --> 00:37:36,772 Why don't you tell me what's on your mind? 638 00:37:36,774 --> 00:37:39,540 (sighs) 639 00:37:42,776 --> 00:37:45,777 I don't know how much more of this crap I can take, Carlo. 640 00:37:45,779 --> 00:37:47,812 Oh, you know Lucky. 641 00:37:47,814 --> 00:37:50,547 The man holds a grudge. 642 00:37:52,048 --> 00:37:54,416 You think I plan on taking orders from the Manganos 643 00:37:54,418 --> 00:37:57,050 and Anastasia the rest of my life? 644 00:37:57,052 --> 00:38:00,352 - So what are you waiting for? - The right opportunity. 645 00:38:00,354 --> 00:38:02,419 As should you. 646 00:38:04,220 --> 00:38:06,387 Just stay in the game. 647 00:38:16,326 --> 00:38:19,126 (narrator) Genovese sees an ally in Gambino. 648 00:38:22,129 --> 00:38:24,330 A like-minded mobster with ambitions 649 00:38:24,332 --> 00:38:26,864 of climbing the ranks of the New York Mafia. 650 00:38:28,498 --> 00:38:31,233 Carlo Gambino was old school, 651 00:38:31,235 --> 00:38:33,867 quiet, reticent, 652 00:38:33,869 --> 00:38:37,435 secretive, very secretive. 653 00:38:43,506 --> 00:38:45,406 (narrator) While Genovese and Gambino 654 00:38:45,408 --> 00:38:48,441 wait for their chance to make a move, 655 00:38:48,443 --> 00:38:52,377 a new challenge rises for the New York underworld. 656 00:38:52,379 --> 00:38:55,178 In May of 1950, 657 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:59,180 an ambitious U.S. senator named Estes Kefauver 658 00:38:59,182 --> 00:39:03,082 forms a committee to investigate the Mafia, 659 00:39:03,084 --> 00:39:05,249 including New York's most notorious mobsters. 660 00:39:06,884 --> 00:39:09,885 It's the largest effort to expose organized crime 661 00:39:09,887 --> 00:39:11,518 in U.S. history 662 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,187 in what will come to be known as the Kefauver Hearings. 663 00:39:15,189 --> 00:39:17,288 A Senate investigating committee 664 00:39:17,290 --> 00:39:20,356 held a series of hearings to get at organized crime. 665 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:23,025 In addition, they made the very smart decision 666 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,359 to televise some of the hearings. 667 00:39:25,361 --> 00:39:28,094 (narrator) In front of a television audience of 30 million, 668 00:39:28,096 --> 00:39:30,361 the Mafia takes the stand. 669 00:39:30,363 --> 00:39:33,129 I decline to answer on the grounds 670 00:39:33,131 --> 00:39:34,897 that it may incriminate me. 671 00:39:34,899 --> 00:39:37,131 I refuse to answer 672 00:39:37,133 --> 00:39:40,533 on the grounds that it may tend to incriminate me. 673 00:39:40,535 --> 00:39:42,467 (Goodman) The witnesses are very cool. 674 00:39:42,469 --> 00:39:45,368 They just take the Fifth, which the Constitution provides, 675 00:39:45,370 --> 00:39:48,169 and say they're not going to tend to incriminate them. 676 00:39:53,006 --> 00:39:54,939 (narrator) As the hearings drag on, 677 00:39:54,941 --> 00:39:56,973 acting boss Frank Costello 678 00:39:56,975 --> 00:39:59,875 begins to see his name mentioned in the press, 679 00:39:59,877 --> 00:40:03,109 often linked to horrific murders and crimes. 680 00:40:05,445 --> 00:40:08,112 When he's finally called to testify, 681 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:11,446 Costello decides to take a different approach. 682 00:40:14,982 --> 00:40:18,049 - Frank, you have to listen to me. - I'm listening. 683 00:40:18,051 --> 00:40:21,051 - You gotta take the Fifth. - That's what makes you look guilty. 684 00:40:21,053 --> 00:40:23,452 Moses, will you talk to him? 685 00:40:23,454 --> 00:40:26,387 Frank, the more you talk, 686 00:40:26,389 --> 00:40:28,454 the more trouble you're gonna get into. 687 00:40:28,456 --> 00:40:31,389 I can talk to these men. 688 00:40:31,391 --> 00:40:33,990 (Talese) Frank Costello was rather unique. 689 00:40:33,992 --> 00:40:37,225 He had hope, aspiration and drive 690 00:40:37,227 --> 00:40:39,594 to be perceived 691 00:40:39,596 --> 00:40:41,962 as a somewhat legitimate person. 692 00:40:41,964 --> 00:40:44,496 And he thought he was part of American capitalism. 693 00:40:46,297 --> 00:40:49,497 What have you ever done for your country as a U.S. citizen? 694 00:40:52,633 --> 00:40:54,400 (clearing throat) Paid my tax. 695 00:40:54,402 --> 00:40:58,001 (crowd murmuring) 696 00:40:58,003 --> 00:41:00,570 (Raab) Frank Costello went before TV cameras 697 00:41:00,572 --> 00:41:02,237 when there was an investigation 698 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,571 into organized crime in America. 699 00:41:04,573 --> 00:41:06,272 He thought he could outwit 700 00:41:06,274 --> 00:41:09,407 some lowly prosecutor or lawyer. 701 00:41:09,409 --> 00:41:12,876 Do you want to qualify your answer? 702 00:41:12,878 --> 00:41:14,977 Yes, I'd like to qualify it. 703 00:41:14,979 --> 00:41:17,178 How so? 704 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:19,313 I want what I said, 705 00:41:19,315 --> 00:41:21,113 specifically what I said, 706 00:41:21,115 --> 00:41:23,514 on the official record. 707 00:41:23,516 --> 00:41:25,581 (Green) Costello made a mistake 708 00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:28,083 in thinking that he could handle 709 00:41:28,085 --> 00:41:30,184 a Senate investigating committee 710 00:41:30,186 --> 00:41:32,919 the way he handled local politicians. 711 00:41:32,921 --> 00:41:35,253 They're different breeds of cat. 712 00:41:35,255 --> 00:41:37,622 (Senator) It contradicts 713 00:41:37,624 --> 00:41:41,023 your earlier testimony. 714 00:41:41,025 --> 00:41:43,592 (Costello) No, it doesn't. 715 00:41:43,594 --> 00:41:45,659 (Senator) Would you like me to refresh your memory? 716 00:41:45,661 --> 00:41:48,360 (Costello) Ahem, you don't need to refresh my memory. 717 00:41:48,362 --> 00:41:50,160 My memory's fine. 718 00:41:50,162 --> 00:41:51,961 (Senator) I'd be happy to read back 719 00:41:51,963 --> 00:41:54,028 your earlier testimony. 720 00:41:54,030 --> 00:41:56,429 (Costello) I can refresh my own memory, thank you. 721 00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:59,597 Guy lost his mind. 722 00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:01,632 (narrator) With the hearings revealing 723 00:42:01,634 --> 00:42:04,600 a weakness in Costello's leadership, 724 00:42:04,602 --> 00:42:07,435 Vito Genovese knows his opportunity 725 00:42:07,437 --> 00:42:10,670 has finally come. 726 00:42:10,672 --> 00:42:13,471 And with Carlo Gambino on his side, 727 00:42:13,473 --> 00:42:16,973 Genovese is ready to strike back 728 00:42:16,975 --> 00:42:18,974 at Lucky Luciano 729 00:42:18,976 --> 00:42:22,042 by taking down Frank Costello. 55112

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