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  1. Men of Respect (1991 Film, Video)

    Director
    William Reilly
    Producer
    Ephriam Horowitz

    Gangster film based loosely on Macbeth, and set in the world of the New York Mafia, a young man wins the respect of his godfather by murdering the leaders of a rival family. In his quest for total power he...

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  2. Paradise in Harlem (1939 Film)

    Director
    Joseph Seiden

    Feature film. Set in 1930s Harlem, Lem Anderson (Frank Wilson) is a vaudeville actor who aspires to performing Shakespeare. One evening after a show he witnesses a notorious gangster’s murder. The...

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  3. Glass Key, The (1942)

    Subject
    Film Studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £9.99

    An adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel about rival gangsters during Prohibition which later served as the uncredited basis for the Coen brothers’ ‘Miller’s Crossing’, this 1942 film stars Alan...

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  4. Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (1972)

    aka: Gangster Show, The: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    VHS (105 minutes), research viewing only

    A 1972 BBC production of the Brecht play in which Arturo Ui (a Hitler look-alike) rises to prominence in mobster-ruled Chicago. Only available for individual or group research viewing on BFI premises

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  5. King Rikki (2002 Film)

    aka: Street King, The

    Director
    James Gavin Bedford
    Producer
    John D. Vaughan

    A gangster version of Richard III set in contemporary Los Angeles.

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  6. Night and the City (1950) (1950)

    Director
    Jules Dassin
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes + extras), £19.99

    Loose 1950 adaptation of the celebrated pre-war London gangland novel by Gerald Kersh starring Richard Widmark and Googie Withers and directed by Jules Dassin just as he was becoming a victim of the...

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  7. Red, Hot and Blue (1949 Film)

    Director
    John Farrow
    Producer
    Robert Fellows

    Feature film. Musical comedy with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. An aspiring chorus girl finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is appearing in, is found dead in her...

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  8. Macbeth

    aka: Season 2, Episode 2

    Series
    Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
    Director
    Jared Bauer
    Producer
    Jared Bauer; Jacob Salamon

    Macbeth discovers that destiny cannot be thwarted.

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  9. Hamlet

    aka: Season 1, Episode 10

    Series
    Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
    Director
    Jared Bauer
    Producer
    Jared Bauer; Jacob Salamon

    The murderous exploits of Hamlet are bought into sharp relief.

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  10. Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)

    aka: Season 2, Episode 8

    Series
    Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
    Director
    Jared Bauer
    Producer
    Jared Bauer; Jacob Salamon

    A great romance condemned by an even greater family feud.

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