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Mobsters is a 1991 American crime drama film directed by Michael Karbelnikoff. It details the creation of The Commission . Set in New York City , taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano , Meyer Lansky , Frank Costello , and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Member of a criminal gang This article is about members of a gang or criminal organization. For other uses, see Gangster (disambiguation). "Mobsters" redirects here. For the film, see Mobsters (film). For the TV series, see Mobsters (TV series). A gangster is a criminal who is a member ...
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 genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
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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.
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 ...
Mafia films (10 C, 56 P) T. Triad films (3 C, 230 P) Pages in category "Gangster films" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
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