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Books About Gangster Movies
books about gangster films at Amazon
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"Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films That Robinson, Cagney & Bogart Made For The Studio" [2007] by Scott Allen Nollen McFarland & Co. 10x7¾ hardcover [11/2007] for $55.00 |
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"Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide To The Great Crime Movies" [2006] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½x8½ pb [8/2006] for $22.50 films covered include "The Asphalt Jungle" [1950] directed by John Huston; "The Big Combo" [1955]; "Bonnie and Clyde" [1967]; "Chinatown" [1974]; "Dirty Harry" [1971] starring Clint Eastwood; "Get Carter" [1971]; Francis Cop-pola's "The Godfather" [1972]; "GoodFellas" [1990] directed by Martin Scorsese; "High Sierra" [1941] starring Humphrey Bogart; Mickey Spillane's "Kiss Me Deadly" [1955]; James Ellroy's "L.A. Confi-dential" [1997]; "Le Sam-ouraï" [1967] directed by Jean-Pierre Melville; "Lethal Weapon" [1987]; "Little Caesar" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Maltese Falcon" [1941] starring Humphrey Bogart; "Ocean’s Eleven" [2001] starring George Clooney; James Bond "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" [1969]; "Once Upon A Time In America" [1984] directed by Sergio Leone; "Point Blank" [1967] starring Lee Marvin; "The Public Enemy" [1931] starring James Cagney; Quentin Taran-tino's "Pulp Fiction" [1994]; "Shaft" [1971] starring Richard Roundtree; and "White Heat" [1949] with James Cagney |
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"Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To The Sopranos" [2004] by John McCarty Da Capo Press 9¼x6¼ pb [5/2005] for $14.00 Da Capo Press 9¼x6frac12 hardcover [6/2004] out of print/used |
 | "American Gangster Cinema: From Little Caesar to Pulp Fiction" [2003] by Fran Mason Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5½ pb [2/2003] for $28.70 Palgrave Macmillan 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2003] for $105.00 |
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"Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film" [orig 1979, revised 2003] by Jack Shadoian Films discussed include: "Little Caesar" [1930] starring Edward G. Robinson; "The Public Enemy" [1931]; "High Sierra" [1941] starring Humphrey Bogart; "The Killers" [1946]; "Kiss of Death" [1947]; "Force of Evil" [1947]; "Gun Crazy" [1949]; "D.O.A." [1949]; "White Heat" [1949]; Sam Fuller's "Pickup On South Street" [1953]; "99 River Street" [1953]; "The Phoenix City Story" [1955]; "Bonnie and Clyde" [1967]; "Point Blank" [1967]; "The Godfather" [1972]; and "Godfather II" [1975] Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [1/2003] for $29.95 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $99.00 |
 | "The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Gangster Film" [1998] Edited by Phil Hardy Overlook 11½x9¼ pb [12/98] for $45.00 Overlook 12x9½ hardcover [10/98] for $65.00 |
 | "Crime Movie Posters" [1997] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [10/97] for $20.00 |
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"Crime Movies: An Illustrated History of The Gangster Genre From D.W. Griffith To Pulp Fiction" [orig 1980, rev 1997] by Carlos Clarens, updated by Foster Hirsch Perseus / Da Capo 9x6 pb [4/97] out of print/used |
 | "The Detective In Hollywood: The Movie Careers of The Great Fictional Private Eyes & Their Creators" [1978] by Jon Tuska Doubleday 10½x7¼ hardcover [3/78] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Gangster Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish Scarecrow hardcover [5/76] out of stock/used "The Great Gangster Pictures II" [1987] |
Gangster Movie Collections
"Warner Gangsters Collection" [2008]
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Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks for $51.69 box set includes: "Angels With Dirty Faces" [1938] starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids & Pat O'Brien; "Little Caesar" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson & Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; "The Petrified Forest" [1936] starring Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard & Bette Davis; "The Public Enemy" [1931] starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow & Edward Woods; "The Roaring Twenties" [1939] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn & Priscilla Lane; and "White Heat" [1949] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly & Virginia Mayo |
 | Volume 2 [2008]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks for $44.99 box set includes "A Slight Case of Murder" [1938] starring Edward G. Robinson; "Bullets or Ballots" [1936] starring Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart; "City For Conquest" [1940] starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan & Arthur Kennedy; "Each Dawn I Die" [1939] starring James Cagney & George Raft; "G Men" [1935] starring James Cagney; and "San Quentin" [1937] starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan |
 | Volume 3 [2008]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [3/2008] 6 disks for $44.99 box set includes "Black Legion" [1937] starring Humphrey Bogart & Dick Foran; "Brother Orchid" [1940] starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern & Humphrey Bogart; "Lady Killer" [1933] starring James Cagney & Mae Clarke; "The Mayor of Hell" [1933] starring James Cagney & Madge Evans; "Picture Snatcher" [1933] starring James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy & Patricia Ellis; and "Smart Money" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson & James Cagney |
 | Volume 4 [2008]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [10/2008] 6 disks for $53.99 box set includes "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" [1938] with Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart & Claire4 Trevor; "Invisible Stripes" [1939] with George Raft, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden; "Kid Galahad" [1937] with Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart & Bette Davis; "Larceny, Inc." [1942] with Edward G. Robinson, Broderick Crawford & Jane Wyman; "The Little Giant" [1933] with Edward G. Robinson & Mary Astor; the feature-length documentary "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of The Gangster Film" [2008], plus vintage trailers, newsreels, shorts, cartoons & more |
"Gangsters: The Ultimate Film Collection" from Universal [2008]
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Universal Studios widescreen color DVD set [8/00] 9 disks for $0.00
box set contains 3-disk "American Gangster" [2007] directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe; 2-disk "Carlito's Way" [1993] directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino & Sean Penn; 2-disk "Casino" [1995] directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro; and 2-disk "Scarface" remake [1983] directed by Brian De Palma, script by Oliver Stone, starring Al Pacino; extras include three "Making of ..." documentary films, featurettes, commentary, music videos, deleted scenes, interviews, theatrical trailers, photo gallery & poster gallery |
 | "Warner Bros. Gangsters Collection" [2005]
Warner b&w DVD [1/2005] 6 disks - out of prodn/used includes "Angels With Dirty Faces" [1938] starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids & Pat O'Brien; "Little Caesar" [1931] starring Edward G. Robinson & Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; "The Petrified Forest" [1936] starring Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard & Bette Davis; "The Public Enemy" [1931] starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow & Edward Woods; "The Roaring Twenties" [1939] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn & Priscilla Lane; and "White Heat" [1949] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly & Virginia Mayo |
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"Gangsters 20 Movie Pack" DVD box set [2005]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD set [11/2005] 5 disks for $9.47 includes "A Killing Affair" [1986]; "Bail Out" [1994]; "Crime Boss" [Italy 1972] starring Telly Savalas; "Cold Blood" [1975] aka "Das Amulett des Todes" starring Rutger Hauer; "The Death Collector" [1976] aka "The Family Enforcer" starring Joe Pesci; "Five Minutes To Live" [1961]; "The Italian Connection" [1972] aka "Manhunt" starring Henry Silva & Woody Strode; "Jail Bait" [1954]; "Lady Gangster" [1942]; "Master Touch" [1972] starring Kirk Douglas; "Mister Scarface" [1976] starring Jack Palance; "Night of The Sharks" [1986]; "The No Mercy Man" [1973] aka "Trained To Kill"; "Paco" [1976]; "Port of New York" [1949]; "Prison Break" [1938]; "Ransom Money" [1970] starring Broderick Crawford; "The Squeeze" [1978] starring Lee Van Cleef; "The Stoolie" [1972]; and "The Swap" [1980] starring Robert DeNiro |
"Public Enemies: The Golden Age of The Gangster Film" feature-length documentary [2008]
 | "Lords of The Mafia" 6-episode miniseries [PBS May 2000] Co-produced, co-written & directed by Dan Goldman Koch Vision color DVD [6/2003] out of prodn/used Koch Vision VHS box set [9/2001] 7 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
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"Mafia: The History of The Mob In America" miniseries [A&E 1993]
A&E Home Video DVD [4/2001] 2 disks for $13.49 A&E Home Video VHS [4/2001] 4 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
Gangster Movies
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"A Slight Case of Murder" [1938]
starring Edward G. Robinson; full credits at IMDb
"The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" [1938]
with Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart & Claire Trevor;
full credits at IMDb
"American Gangster" [Imagine Nov 2007]
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The true story of the 1970s heroin trade in New York City's Harlem, and the police detective who put Frank Lucas in jail for 70 years.
Co-produced & directed by Ridley Scott; written & co-produced by Steven Zaillian, based on an article by Mark Jacobson; starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, 'RZA', John Ortiz, John Hawkes, Ted Levine, Yul Vazquez & Carla Gugino
Universal widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2008] for $12.49 Universal Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 2 disks for $12.49 Universal Deluxe Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 3 disks for $27.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {Flash only} novelization by Max Allen Collins
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"American Gangster and Other Tales of New York" [2007] by Mark Jacobson Grove Press pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Blackstone UNABR audio CD [10/2007] for $45.36 |
"Analyze This" [1999] w/DeNiro & Billy Crystal
"Angels With Dirty Faces" [1938]
starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids & Pat O'Brien; full credits at IMDb
"The Bank Job" [LionsGate / Arclight March 2008]
full credits from IMDb
"Black Legion" [1937]
starring Humphrey Bogart & Dick Foran; full credits at IMDb
"Boss of Bosses" [2001]
"Brother Orchid" [1940]
starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern & Humphrey Bogart; full credits at IMDb
"Bugsy" [Baltimore/TriStar Dec 1991]
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The life story of Hollywood & Las Vegas mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel [1906-1947]
Directed by Barry Levinson; starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna & Richard C. Sarafian; nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, won for Best Art Direction, Best Costumes Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $13.46 Columbia/TriStar VHS [5/2001] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 real-life Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel portrait 22"x34" poster available for $8.99 at AllPosters.com |
"Bugsy Malone" [RSO/Paramount 1976]
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A parody of gangster films: subteen kids dressed up in pinstripe suits and flapper dresses, shooting 'splurge' guns, driving pedal cars, and dancing – this is a musical!
Written & directed by Alan Parker; starring Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi & Martin Lev
DVD not available for Region 1 Paramount color VHS [2/96] for $13.99 Musicrama soundtrack CD [1/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Bullets or Ballots" [1936]
starring Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart; full credits at IMDb
"City For Conquest" [1940]
starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan & Arthur Kennedy; full credits at IMDb
"The Departed" [2006] = oscars
"Each Dawn I Die" [1939]
starring James Cagney & George Raft; full credits at IMDb
"The F.B.I. Story" [1959] w/JStewart
"G Men" [1935]
starring James Cagney; full credits at IMDb
"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight"
[M.G.M. Dec 1971]
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An Italian bicycle racer lost in New York City runs afoul of an inept faction of the Mafia, and goes into hiding as a priest.
Directed by James Goldstone; script by [blacklistee] Waldo Salt, based on the Jimmy Breslin novel; starring Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Irving Selbst, Hervé Villechaize, Burt Young & Jackie Vernon
Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2006] for $17.99 M.G.M./Turner color VHS [2/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | based on the 1969 Jimmy Breslin novel
Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [9/97] for $17.99 Penguin pb [9/87] out of print/used Viking hardcover [1/69] out of print/used |
"Gangs of New York" [Miramax Dec 2002]
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Directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas & Liam Neeson; listed AFI Best 10 Films of 2002; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor (DDL), Best Cinematography, 5 more; also DGA, SAG (DDL), WGA & 12 BAFTA noms
Buena Vista color VHS [7/2003] for $20.99 Miramax widescreen DVD [7/2003] for $19.49 Interscope soundtrack CD [12/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official website |
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"Gangs of New York: Making the Movie" [2003] by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, photographs by Mario Tursi & Brigitte Lacombe Talk/Miramax 10.3x9 pb [1/2003] for $17.47 |
"Gangster Story" dir by Walter Matthau
Magic Lantern's 'Godfather Saga' Page
"Goodfellas" [Warner Bros. Sept 1990]
"Gotti" [2001] w/AQuinn
"Un Homme est Mort" aka "The Outside Man"
[France Jan 1973, USA United Artists]
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A French contract killer is hired for a job in Los Angeles. Just as he arrives, someone kills a member of his employer's family, and he must escape the police and two gangster factions while the real murderer leaks information about him to the pursuers.
Co-written & directed by Jacques Deray; music by Michel Legrand; starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Georgia Engel, Jackie Earle Haley, Alex Rocco, John Hillerman & Umberto Orsini
M.G.M. color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Invisible Stripes" [1939]
with George Raft, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden; full credits at IMDb
"Johnny Dangerously" []
"Kid Galahad" [1937]
with Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart & Bette Davis; full credits at IMDb
"Lady Killer" [1933]
starring James Cagney & Mae Clarke; full credits at IMDb
"Lansky" [1999] w/RDreyfuss
"Larceny, Inc." [1942]
with Edward G. Robinson, Broderick Crawford & Jane Wyman; full credits at IMDb
"Little Caesar" [First National Jan 1931]
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The story of a man who works his way up the ranks of the mob until he reaches its upper heights.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy; starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields & Maurice Black; listed in National Film Registry (2000)
Warner b&w VHS [5/97] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb color 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"Little Caesar" [Doubleday 1929] by W.R. Burnett
Carroll & Graf pb [7/86] out of print/used Aeonian hardcover [10/85] for $20.95 Otto Penzler facsimile hardcover [7/96] for $39.95 |
"The Little Giant" [1933]
with Edward G. Robinson & Mary Astor; full credits at IMDb
"Love Me or Leave Me" [1955] gangster musical starring Doris Day
"The Mayor of Hell" [1933]
starring James Cagney & Madge Evans; full credits at IMDb
"Miller's Crossing" [Fox Sept 1990]
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The anti-hero works for an Irish mob boss in the 1930s; when he is thrown out for sleeping with the boss's girlfriend, he joins the rival gang.
Directed by Joel Coen; co-written by Joel & Ethan Coen, based on the 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]; starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro & Marcia Gay Harden; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Fox widescreen DVD [5/2003] for $14.99 Fox color VHS [1/93] for $9.98 Varese soundtrack CD [10/90] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Once Upon A Time In America"
[Warner/Embassy Feb 1984]
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Epic tale of Jewish gangsters in New York, from the loyalties of youth to the rivalries & tragedies of later life.
Directed by Sergio Leone; starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Joe Pesci, Burt Young & Danny Aiello; music by Ennio Morricone; won 2 BAFTA Awards
Warner color VHS [11/89] 2 tapes for $29.97 Warner widescreen DVD [6/2003] 2 disks for $19.97 BMG Intl. audio CD [1/99] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 book about the film by Adrian R. Martin British Film Institute 7½x5¼ pb [8/98] for $10.36 |
"Oscar" [1991]
Thirties-era gangster comedy starring Sylvester Stallone
"The Petrified Forest" [1936]
starring Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard & Bette Davis; full credits at IMDb
"Picture Snatcher" [1933]
starring James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy & Patricia Ellis; full credits at IMDb
"Portrait of A Mobster"
[Warner April 1961]
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A melodrama about the rise and fall of New York City mobster 'Dutch' Schultz [1902-35]. Directed by Joseph Pevney; music by Max Steiner; starring Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck, Norman Alden, Robert McQueeney, Ken Lynch, Frank DeKova, Stephen Roberts, Joseph Gallison & Ray Danton video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb 14"x11" poster from Amazon for $9.99 based on the novel by Harry Grey Signet mass pb [1/61] out of print/used Buccaneer Books hardcover [12/92] out of print/used |
"Public Enemies" [Tribeca/Universal July 2009]
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After five Federal agents are killed in a gunfight during a booming crime wave in the 1930s, the F.B.I. vows to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.
Co-exec produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal; co-written, co-produced & directed by Michael Mann; based on the book by Bryan Burrough; starring Johnny Depp {as Dillinger}, Channing Tatum {as Floyd}, Stephen Graham {as Nelson}, Billy Crudup, Giovanni Ribisi, Leelee Sobieski, Emilie de Ravin, Marion Cotillard & Lili Taylor Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2009] 2 disks for $19.99 Universal Studios Special Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2009] 2 disks for $22.99 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2009] for $15.99 Decca soundtrack CD [6/2009] 16 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} |
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"Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and The Birth of The F.B.I., 1933-34" [2004 NY Times bestseller] by Bryan Burrough Penguin movie tie-in 8¼x5½ pb [4/2009] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/used |
"The Public Enemy" [1931]
starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow & Edward Woods; full credits at IMDb
"Road To Perdition"
[DreamWorks/Fox July 2002]
 | Directed by Sam Mendes; based on the graphic novel {below}; starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig & Tyler Hoechlin; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Newman), Best Cinema- tography, 4 more; also 3 BAFTA noms
Dreamworks Video widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2010] for $21.99 
Universal color DVD [2/2003] for $20.24 Universal widescreen DVD [2/2003] for $20.24 Universal color VHS [8/2003] for $14.99 Universal soundtrack CD [6/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb DreamWorks official website threesome 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"Road to Perdition" [graphic novel; 1998] written by Max Allan Collins, art by Richard Rayner Onyx pb [6/2002] for $6.99 Pocket 8x5½ pb [7/2002] for $11.20 Monarch / DC pb [5/98] out of print/used |
"The Roaring Twenties" [1939]
directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn
& Priscilla Lane; full credits at IMDb
"San Quentin" [1937]
starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan; full credits at IMDb
"Scarface"
"Scarface" Deluxe Gift Set of both 1932 & 1983 versions
Universal b&w/color DVD [9/2003] 2 disks for $48.99
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"Scarface" color remake [Universal Dec 1983]
The rise & fall of Cuban ganglord Tony Montana in 1980's Miami. Directed by Brian De Palma; script by Oliver Stone] ; starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia & F. Murray Abraham Universal widescreen color DVD [10/2006] 2 disks for $20.49 Universal color VHS [3/88] 2 tapes - out of stock/used Universal widescreen VHS [2/2000] 2 tapes - out of stock/used full credits from IMDb black/white 24"x36" poster from Amazon for $10.00 |
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"Scarface: The Shame of A Nation" b&w version [United Artists March 1932; re-released 1979] The rise & fall of Italian ganglord Tony Camonte in Chicago, circa 1930. Co-produced by Howard Hughes; directed by Howard Hawks & Richard Rosson; script by Ben Hecht, W.R. Burnett & others; starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Osgood Perkins & George Raft; listed at National Film Registry (1994) Universal b&w VHS [4/90] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
"Shanghai Triad" []
"Smart Money" [1931]
starring Edward G. Robinson & James Cagney; full credits at IMDb
"Sugartime" [1995]
"Virginia Hill: Mistress To The Mob" [1974]
"White Heat" [1949]
directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly &
Virginia Mayo; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005); full credits at IMDb
"The Youngest Godfather"
aka "Bonanno: A Godfather's Story" [Hallmark/Showtime tv miniseries July 1999]
 | The 'true story' of Joseph Bonnano [1905-2002], who became boss of New York City's Maranzano crime family at age 26. Directed by Michel Poulette; teleplay by Thomas Michael Donnelly; starring Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi & Martin Landau (each as Bonanno at different ages), Guido Grasso Jr., Costas Mandylor, Edward James Olmos, Vince Corazza, Robert Loggia, Zachary Bennett & Philip Bosco
Platinum Disc color DVD [2/2005] for $6.99 Live/Artisan color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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