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Gangster film [27] The Little Giant: Roy Del Ruth: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson: United States [28] The Mayor of Hell: Archie Mayo: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins: United States [29] The Midnight Club: George Somnes, Alexander Hall: Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson: United States [30] Murders in the Zoo: Edward ...
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 ...
Kelly was an American gangster during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933, for which he and his gang earned $200,000 ransom. [1] [2] John Allen Kendrick: 1897–1960
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 ...
Another Jean-Pierre Melville-directed gangster film, Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle) is about a jewelry heist and the police on the gangster's tail. Known for its 30-minute-long heist sequence ...
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.
The American movie The Black Hand (1906) is thought to be the earliest surviving gangster film. [1] In 1912, D. W. Griffith directed The Musketeers of Pig Alley, a short drama film about crime on the streets of New York City (filmed, however, at Fort Lee, New Jersey) rumored to have included real gangsters as extras.
Gangster films by decade (5 C) B. Biographical films about gangsters (2 C, 47 P) M. Mafia films (10 C, 56 P) T. Triad films (3 C, 230 P) Pages in category "Gangster ...