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Organized  Crime

the Thompson submachinegun, known as the 'tommy gun'

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Gangster Movie Film Festival Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
books about gangster movies    •    gangster movie collections    •    gangster movies A-Z


Links
organized crime info at Fraud Watcher Network

books about the Mafia at Amazon.com
gangster movies VHS catalog at Amazon.com
gangster movies DVD catalog at Amazon.com

gangster movies category at AllPosters

The Gangster Museum of America in Hot Springs, AR




Books  &  Videos  About  Gangsters

Mobsters, Unions & Feds   "Mobsters, Unions and Feds: The Mafia & The American Labor Movement" [2006]
by James B. Jacobs

NY Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2006] for $20.76
Life Magazine  "Mobsters and Gangsters: Organized Crime In America From Al Capone To Tony Soprano" [2002]
Edited by Life Magazine

TimeLife 11.2x9¼ hardcover 11/2002] for $13.97
Gangland   "Gangland International: The Mafia & Other Mobs" [2002]
by James Morton

Little, Brown pb [8/2002] for $9.95
The Outfit   "The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld In The Shaping of Modern America" [2002]
by Gus Russo

Bloomsbury USA 8.4x5½ pb [4/2003] for $13.97
Bloomsbury USA 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2002] for $24.50
Lords of the Mafia  "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
Inventing The Public Enemy   "Inventing The Public Enemy: The Gangster In American Culture,
1918-1934" [1996]
by David E. Ruth

Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [4/96] for $20.00
Univ Chicago Press hardcover [4/96] for $47.50
History of the Mob  "Mafia: The History of The Mob In America" miniseries [A&E 1993]
A&E Home Video VHS [4/2001] 4 tapes for $13.49
A&E Home Video DVD [4/2001] 2 disks - out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
Mafia Encyclopedia  "The Mafia Encyclopedia" [orig 1987; 3rd edition 2005]
by Carl Sifakis

Checkmark 11x8½ pb [6/2005] for $14.93
Checkmark 11¼x8½ hardcover [6/2005] for $65.00
Italians & Syndicate Crime book by Humbert S. Nelli   "The Business of Crime: Italians and Syndicate Crime In The United States" [1976]
by Humbert S. Nelli

Univ Chicago Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/81] for $29.00
Oxford Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/76] out of print/used



The  Bad  Guys

Al Capone mugshot

Al Capone [1899-1947]
MG's online 'Al Capone Museum'
Capone webpages at Dark Horse Crime Library
Al Capone entry at Wikipedia


Mickey Cohen & Jack Dragna
King of the Sunset Strip  
"The King of The Sunset Strip: Hangin' With Mickey Cohen & The Hollywood Mob" [2006]
by Steve Stevens & Craig Lockwood

Cumberland House 9x6½ pb [4/2006] for $16.47


Charles 'Lucky' Luciano [1897-1962]

Frank Nitti


Owney Madden [1891-1965]
entry at Wikipedia

Hot Springs novel by Stephen Hunter   "Hot Springs: A Novel [2000] by Stephen Hunter
The tale of 'Owney Maddox', the former New York City mobster who opened the Hotel Arkansas in Hot Springs in 1935. After World War II, an ambitious county prosecutor asks for the help of war hero Earl Swagger in bringing Maddox and corrupt local officials to justice.
Pocket mass pb [5/2001] for $7.99
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2000] out of print/many, many used


Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel [1906-1947]

Bugsy   "Bugsy" [Baltimore/TriStar Dec 1991]
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
Bugsy Siegel portrait poster  

real-life Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel portrait
22"x34" poster available for $8.99 at AllPosters.com


Independent  Bad  Guys

Bonnie & Clyde

John Dillinger [1902-34] Page


When the Mob Ran Vegas book by Steve Fischer   "When The Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem & Murder" [2005]
by Steve Fischer

Berkline Press 9x6 pb [7/2005] for $13.57




Peerless model 700 handcuffs          The  Good  Guys          Peerless model 700 handcuffs

free online episodes of "Gangbusters" radio program

"Gangbusters" radio program [1935-57] 65 episodes on CD


Eliot  Ness  &  The  Untouchables
Federal agent Elliott Ness assembled a team to battle Chicago gang boss Al Capone.
AG's 'Untouchables' fansite
"Untouchables" covers at Comic Book Archive

Untouchables book   "The Untouchables" [Messner 1957]
by Elliott Ness, with Oscar Fraley

Pocket pb [5/93] out of print/used
Amereon hardcover [6/76] for $21.95
Buccaneer 9x6 hardcover [2/96] for $27.95

"The Scarface Mob" 2-part pilot for the TV series [Desilu April 1959]
Starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti,
Neville Brand as Al Capone, with staccato narration by Walter Winchell
Paramount b&w VHS [4/86] out of prodn.usedfull credits from IMDb

Elliott & the boys staring down a bad guy

"Untouchables" TV series [Desilu; 118 1-hour episodes 1959-63]
full credits from IMDbepisode details at epguides.com
Untouchables TV series  
Season 1, Vol. 1: Paramount b&w DVD set [4/2007] 4 disks for $22.99
Season 1, Vol. 2: Paramount b&w DVD set [9/2007] 4 disks for $21.99
Season 1 Complete: Paramount b&w DVD set [9/2007] 8 disks - priced for rental market
Season 2, Vol. 1: Paramount b&w DVD set [3/2008] 4 disks for $22.99
Season 2, Vol. 2: Paramount b&w DVD set [4/2007] 4 disks for $27.99  

Untouchables movie poster   Untouchables movie   "The Untouchables" feature film [Paramount June 1987]
Directed by Brian De Palma; starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro & Billy Drago
Paramount color VHS [5/2001] for $9.95
Paramount widescreen DVD [8/2002] for $16.99
A&M Records soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.98
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster {blue, at left} from Amazon for $9.99

"The Untouchables" video game [1991]
Super Nintendo video game [1991] out of stock/usedfull credits from IMDb

"The Return of Elliott Ness" ['reunion movie' 90-min special Nov 1991]
Unapix color video out of stock/usedfull credits from IMDb

"The New Untouchables" tv series [1993-94] starring Tom Amendes as Ness
video/DVD not available • full credits from IMDbepisode details at epguides.com

Eliot Ness TV book   "Eliot Ness and The Untouchables: The Historical Reality and The Film & Television Depictions" [2000]
by Kenneth Tucker

McFarland & Co. pb [7/2000] for $32.00
Real Untouchables   "The Real Untouchables: Eliot Ness" [2001]
Goldhil VHS [10/2001] for $19.95
not listed at Internet Movie Database
A&E True Story   "The True Story of The Untouchables" [History Channel special 2002]
A&E Home Video [5/2002] for $24.95
The Untouchables: Capone Rising directed by Brian DePalma   "The Untouchables: Capone Rising" [Paramount 2009]  
A prequel to the 1987 DePalma film; Chicago police detective Malone battles minor gangster Capone by pushing the Irish mob against the Italian mob, ending with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Directed by Brian De Palma; video/DVD not yet available • latest info from IMDb


J.  Edgar  Hoover  &  The  F.B.I.

J. Edgar Hoover [1895-1972] entry at Wikipedia

F.B.I. History   "The F.B.I.: A History" [2007]
by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

Yale Univ Press 9x6½ hardcover [9/2007] for $20.08
The Bureau   "The Bureau: The Secret History of The F.B.I." [2002]
by Ronald Kessler

listed in 'L.A. Times 100 Best Books of 2002'
St Martin 10x6 hardcover [5/2002] out of print/many used
The FBI   "The F.B.I.: Inside The World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency" [1993]
by Ronald Kessler

Pocket pb [10/94] for $6.99
Pocket 9½x6½ hardcover [10/93] out of print/used
Blackstone UNABR audio [8/97] 15 tapes for $95.95



and more movies, books & posters on
Magic Lantern's Gangster Film Festival Page

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