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  2. List of crime films of the 1930s - Wikipedia

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    Gangster film [10] City Streets: Rouben Mamoulian: Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas: United States [11] Daughter of the Dragon: Lloyd Corrigan: Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa: United States [12] Little Caesar: Mervyn LeRoy: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell: United States [13] Night Nurse: Igor ...

  3. Gangster film - Wikipedia

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    James Cagney in Angels with Dirty Faces, 1938. A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime.It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform a certain illegal act.

  4. Pre-Code crime films - Wikipedia

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    Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...

  5. The Best Gangster Movies of All Time Show a Twisted Side of ...

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    But still, 1988's adaptation of the long-running manga series still stands as an all-timer, not only amongst gangster films, but in anime, sci-fi, cyberpunk, and hopefully—if Taika Waititi ...

  6. The Best Gangster Movies and TV Shows - AOL

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    Here are 22 of the best gangster stories of all time—12 crime movies and 10 crime series that deliver action, suspense, comedy, romance, and heartbreak, all nested within violent narratives of ...

  7. Mafia film - Wikipedia

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    Little Caesar (1931). The years 1931 and 1932 saw the genre produce three enduring classics: Warner Bros.' Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, which made screen icons out of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney, respectively, and Howard Hawks' Scarface starring Paul Muni, which offered a dark psychological analysis of a fictionalized Al Capone [4] and launched the film career of George Raft.

  8. Angels with Dirty Faces - Wikipedia

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    Angels with Dirty Faces is considered by some to be one of the best films of all time, and is widely regarded as a defining moment in Cagney's career. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was shortlisted by the American Film Institute in 2008, and was voted 67th in a list of the "100 Best Film Noirs of All Time" by Slant Magazine in 2015.

  9. Little Caesar (film) - Wikipedia

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    It is listed in the film reference book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, which says "Mervyn LeRoy's Little Caesar helped to define the gangster movie while serving as an allegory of production circumstances because it was produced during the Great Depression— Leavening this theme alongside the demands of social conformity during the ...