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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
Pages in category "American gangsters of the interwar period" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 242 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The gangsters, armed with shotguns, begin firing at the policemen, killing Detectives Charles Walsh and Harold Olson, and wounding Detective Michael Conway. As the gangsters are fleeing the scene of the shootout, Genna is hit in the leg, severing his femoral artery. Genna is finally cornered while taking refuge in a nearby basement, where he is ...
1933: Lady Killer: Roy Del Ruth: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton: United States: 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
1933 (early) – Theodore "Handsome Jack" Klutas was machine-gunned to death by cops after one of his gang turned on Klutas, ending the gang's kidnapping spree. [121] 1933 – Des Plaines, Illinois, gangster Roger Touhy was arrested by the FBI and eventually sentenced to 100 years in prison for kidnapping a Capone associate, con man Jake Factor ...
The book was a best seller and several companies were interested in film rights. In October 1959, film rights were bought by Allied Artists, who had enjoyed a big commercial success with Al Capone (1959) and were interested in making more gangster films. The purchase price was described as "well into six figures as against a percentage of the ...
The movie is hailed as a classic in the gangster movie genre, [2] [3] and considered an homage to the classic gangster movie of the early 1930s. [4] The Roaring Twenties was the third and last film that Cagney and Bogart made together. The other two were Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) and The Oklahoma Kid (1939).
Nine gangster films were released in 1930, 26 in 1931, 28 in 1932, and 15 in 1933, when the genre's popularity began to subside after the end of Prohibition. [28] The backlash against gangster pictures was swift. In 1931 Jack L. Warner announced that his studio would stop making them, and that he had never let his 15-year-old son see one. [29]