Included are critical entries of more than 1,500 films dealing with gangsters, complete with plot synopses, credits, and 650 black-and-white photographs to capture the very essence of this exciting genre. Arranged chronologically, The Gangster Film offers deliciously opinionated and detailed descriptions, statistical information, credits and trivia from early classics such as The Public Enemy, Key Largo, Dragnet and On the Waterfront as well as contemporary...

After two Irish brothers in South Boston accidentally kill members of the mafia and are treated like heroes, they decide they have been called upon by God to seek out and kill criminals.

Two childhood friends form an uneasy partnership in crime which leads to death.

A member of the Chicago mafia is sent to a Kansas City ranch to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who uses a meat processing factory as a front for his drug and prostitution business

A mob lawyer has a professional crisis of conscience after he begins a romantic relationship with a naive showgirl.

Three suburban wannabe criminals get mixed up with the real deal when the local godfather involves them in a big heist.

A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them. Includes both the U.S. (English, 118 min) and International cut (French, 125 min).

A small-time gangster journeys to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother's killing. Once there he finds himself drawn into the local underworld where he encounters the full spectrum of violence and corruption.

This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York.

During the Depression, a young outlaw couple and their gang tear through the midwestern plains on a murder and robbing spree gaining unprecedented fame.