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Gangster film [59] You Only Live Once: Fritz Lang: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane: United States: Crime drama [60] 1938: Algiers: John Cromwell: Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie: United States: Gangster film [61] The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse: Anatole Litvak: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart: United States ...
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 certain illegal acts.
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.
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 ...
The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a bank-robbery gang. It is based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles. In 1928, Dorothy Mackaye, #440960, served less than ten months of a one- to three-year sentence in San Quentin State Prison. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Set in the underworld of Manhattan, Marked Woman tells the story of a woman who dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters. The film was a major success for Warner Bros. and one of Davis' most important early pictures. She had recently filed a lawsuit against the studio, partly because of the inferior quality of roles that ...
1930s action war films (3 P) Pages in category "1930s action films" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Back Pay: William A. Seiter: Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland: Dramedy: Warner Bros. [20] The Bad Man: Clarence G. Badger: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy