The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.

as Charles "Lucky" Luciano

as Michael Lasker

as Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel

as Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria

as Al Capone

as Arnold Rothstein

as Salvatore Maranzano

as Dutch Schultz

as Legs Diamond

as Chris Brennan