Mobsters is a
1991 crime-
drama film detailing the creation of the
National Crime Syndicate/
The Commission. Set in
New York City during the
prohibition era, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of
Charles "Lucky" Luciano,
Meyer Lansky,
Frank Costello, and
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. The film focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky as they rise from petty criminals and
bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the
Mafia and eventually establish
The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families.
Christian Slater (Luciano),
Patrick Dempsey (Lansky),
Richard Grieco (Siegel), and
Costas Mandylor (Costello) star as the eponymous protagonists; the supporting cast includes
F. Murray Abraham as
Arnold Rothstein,
Anthony Quinn as
Joe Masseria,
Michael Gambon as Salvatore "Faranzano" (although in reality, the man portrayed was
Salvatore Maranzano),
Chris Penn, and
Lara Flynn Boyle as a Flapper/
Moll created largely to provide the requisite love interest demanded in typical
Hollywood films.