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Gangster Movie Film Festival Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
books about gangster movies
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gangster movie collections
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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
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"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 |
 | "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 |
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"Gangland International: The Mafia & Other Mobs" [2002] by James Morton Little, Brown pb [8/2002] for $9.95 |
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"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" 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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"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 |
 | "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 |
 | "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 |
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"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 [1899-1947]
MG's online 'Al Capone Museum'
Capone webpages at Dark Horse Crime Library
Al Capone entry at Wikipedia
Mickey Cohen & Jack Dragna
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"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
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"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]
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"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 |
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real-life Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel portrait 22"x34" poster available for $8.99 at AllPosters.com |
Independent Bad Guys
Bonnie & Clyde
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"When The Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem & Murder" [2005] by Steve Fischer Berkline Press 9x6 pb [7/2005] for $13.57 |
The Good Guys
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
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"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.used •
full credits from IMDb
"Untouchables" TV series [Desilu; 118 1-hour episodes 1959-63]
full credits from IMDb •
episode details at epguides.com
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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 
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"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/used •
full credits from IMDb
"The Return of Elliott Ness" ['reunion movie' 90-min special Nov 1991]
Unapix color video out of stock/used •
full credits from IMDb
"The New Untouchables" tv series [1993-94] starring Tom Amendes as Ness
video/DVD not available •
full credits from IMDb •
episode details at epguides.com
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"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 |
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"The Real Untouchables: Eliot Ness" [2001]
Goldhil VHS [10/2001] for $19.95 not listed at Internet Movie Database |
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"The True Story of The Untouchables" [History Channel special 2002]
A&E Home Video [5/2002] for $24.95 |
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"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
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"The F.B.I.: A History" [2007] by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Yale Univ Press 9x6½ hardcover [9/2007] for $20.08 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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