despite it pedigree and lucky luciano be not a particularly good movie . gian maria volontè have the title role and he fine and but the great italian director francesco rosi have really misfire here . the film lack all cohesiveness a it try to bend time with various episode in the turbulent life of not only luciano but the entire italian mafia . volonte be go for long stretch of the film and the like of rod steiger and charles cioffi ( a deport crime bos vito genovese ) and edmond obrien fill the void . it all pretty confuse rather than ambitious . the acting be very uneven . steiger be hammy and obrien be all bluster while cioffi be quite good . rosi direction feature a number of striking image but theyre obscure by the film poor editing . there be a terrific score by piero piccioni .