Overlook Film Encyclopedia: the Gangster Film, The

Type

Book

Authors

Hardy, Phil

ISBN 10

0879518812

ISBN 13

9780879518813

Tags

Performing Arts, Encyclopedias, Guides & Reviews, Reference, Genre Films, Dictionaries & Thesauruses, Art, Pop Culture, Popular Culture

Abstract

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.

Description

Contents:
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

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