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Gangs of New York (2002), also directed by Scorsese, was the first modern gangster film to focus on the 19th-century Irish gangs. Although the gay nineties had been a popular setting for prewar crime films, from the 1950s until the early 21st century most gangster movies were set in either the prohibition era , postwar America, or the present day.
Bastards of the Party is a 2005 American documentary film directed by former Bloods gang-member Cle Sloan and produced by Antoine Fuqua. The film explores the creation of two of Los Angeles's most notorious gangs, the Crips and the Bloods, from the perspective of the Los Angeles community. The film also denounces gang violence and presents ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law ...
Bruce Alfred Johnston Sr. (March 27, 1939 – August 8, 2002) was the leader of one of the most notorious gangs in the history of Pennsylvania. The gang started in the 1960s and was rounded up in 1978 after his son, Bruce Jr., testified against him. The 1986 film At Close Range is based on Johnston's gang.
Pages in category "American gangsters" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Polly Adler;
Without any back up, Croswell and a handful of local police officers busted the meeting and arrested 58 of the most notorious Mafia figures. Although all the arrests were eventually overturned, Sgt. Croswell single-handedly forced the FBI to publicly acknowledge the existence of an organized crime syndicate in America, leading J. Edgar Hoover ...
In 2015, the film was ranked at number nine on Time Out ' s list of the 50 best gangster films of all time, [81] while in 2021, The Guardian cited it as the fourth greatest mobster film ever made. [82] In 2023, The A.V. Club ranked it seventh in its list of the greatest gangster movies of all time. [83]
Blood and Power: Organized Crime in 20th-Century America (William Morrow, 1989 ) Gardaphe, Fred L. From wiseguys to wise men: the gangster and Italian American masculinities (2006) online; Hortis, C. Alexander. The mob and the city : the hidden history of how the mafia captured New York (2014) online; Reuter, Peter (Summer (Northern Hemisphere ...