Lepke

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1. #001

   The film marked the first screenwriting credit for its writers, Wesley Lau and Tamar Simon Hoffs.

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2. #002

   The film's black-and-white posters featured photographs of both real-life gangsters and the actors who played them on screen. Among the real and reel gangsters shown on the posters were Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Louis Lepke (Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter), Gurrah Shapiro, Bugsy Siegel, Dutch Schultz and Frank Costello.

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3. #003

   According to the publicity issued when the film first opened, Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter was the only American mafia boss ever executed by the United States government.

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4. #004

   The film was a complete flop at the box office.

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5. #005

   Although it did not open until early 1975, the film was shot in 1974, the thirtieth anniversary of the death of mafia boss Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter, who was executed in the electric chair in 1944.

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6. #006

   It is the second of three films to feature the real-life character of gangster Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter. The first was Murder, Inc. (1960), fifteen years earlier, and the third was Gangster Wars (1981), about six years later.

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7. #007

   Some film posters carried the following prologue: "It was 1935. The board of directors of Murder, Inc. met to do business. Everyone was there. Then Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter decided to become chairman. And all hell broke loose."

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8. #008

   The names of the criminal organizations were "Murder, Inc." and "The Syndicate".

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9. #009

   Director and financier Menehem Golan sold the US distribution rights to Warner Bros. for 1.75 million US dollars, even though the production budget was under 1 million US dollars.

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10. #010

    Tony Curtis was considered too old for the early scenes.

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11. #011

    It was Barry Miller's first film.

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12. #012

    Some of the colorful nicknames of Lepke's (Tony Curtis) associates were Jerk Max, Blue Jaw Magoon, Pittsburgh Phil, Oscar the Poet and Dasher Abbandando.

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13. #013

    The publicity for the picture reported that for actor and star Tony Curtis it was his first screen role as a villain of relentless evil.

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14. #014

    Mary Charlotte Wilcox received an 'introducing' credit in the role of Mary Wilcox.

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15. #015

    The film's opening title card read: "Brooklyn, New York, 1912".

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16. #016

    It was Ida Mae McKenzie's last film.

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17. #017

    In Norway the film was banned at 3000 metres, but was approved for viewers over 18 when cut to 2926 metres (107 minutes).

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