In Popular Culture
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Buchalter was portrayed by David J. Stewart in the 1960 film Murder Inc., Gene Roth and Joseph Ruskin in The Untouchables as well as by John Vivyan and Shepherd Sanders in The Lawless Years television series.
The 1975 film Lepke, starring Tony Curtis, was based on Buchalter's life. Other portrayals include the 1981 film Gangster Wars by Ron Max. Buchalter was also mentioned in an episode of the popular HBO television series The Sopranos.
The poet Robert Lowell encountered Buchalter in prison during the 1940s when Lowell was incarcerated for being a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and the poet described his encounter with Buchalter (whom he calls "Czar Lepke") in his poem "Memories of West Street and Lepke" which he published in his seminal book Life Studies (1959).
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