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The Overlook film encyclopedia.: The Ganster Film by Phil Hardy; Jeremy Clarke; Kobal Collection is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 Blockbusters Like The Grifters, Chinatown, The Godfather And Pulp Fiction, With Such Stars As Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Paul Muni And Edward G. Robinson. Essential Authoritative And Entertaining, The Gangster Film Is The Guide For Serious Students Of Film, Film Buffs And Home Viewers. The Twenties: Racketeers And Bootleggers -- The Thirties: Chattering Guns, Spluttering Typewriters And Squealing Tyres -- The Forties: A Genre In Transition -- The Fifties: Biopics And Syndicates -- The Sixties: The Yakuza -- The Seventies: The Mafia -- The Eighties: Made In Hong Kong -- The Nineties And Beyond: Action Pics And Personal Flics. Edited By Phil Hardy. Includes Index.

Author

Phil Hardy; Jeremy Clarke; Kobal Collection

Publisher

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780879518813

Subjects

Sports, Mystery, Literary Fiction