Gangs of New York | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Herbert Asbury (book) Samuel Fuller (screenplay) Samuel Fuller (story) Charles F. Royal (writer) Wellyn Totman (writer) Jack Townley (writer) Nathanael West (uncredited) |
Produced by | Armand Schaefer (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Edited by | William Morgan |
Music by | Alberto Colombo |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes 53 minutes (edited American TV version) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Gangs of New York is a 1938 American film directed by James Cruze and written by Samuel Fuller.
Plot
Crime lord Rocky Thorpe is impersonated by police officer John Franklin in order to infiltrate his organization and bring an end to it once and for all.
Cast
- Charles Bickford as Rocky Thorpe/John Franklin
- Ann Dvorak as Connie Benson
- Alan Baxter as 'Dapper' Mallare
- Wynne Gibson as Orchid
- Harold Huber as Panatella
- Willard Robertson as Inspector Sullivan
- Maxie Rosenbloom as Tombstone
- Charles Trowbridge as District Attorney Lucas
- John Wray as Maddock
- Jonathan Hale as Warden
- Fred Kohler as Kruger
- Howard Phillips as Al Benson
- Robert Gleckler as Nolan
- Elliott Sullivan as Hopkins
- Maurice Cass as Phillips
References
- LLC, New York Media (August 12, 1991). "New York Magazine". New York Media, LLC – via Google Books.
- Kerbel, Sorrel (November 23, 2004). The Routledge Encyclopedia of Jewish Writers of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781135456078 – via Google Books.
- Langman, Larry; Finn, Daniel (April 11, 1995). A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313295324 – via Google Books.
- Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (April 11, 1987). The Great Gangster Pictures II. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810819610 – via Google Books.
External links
- Gangs of New York at IMDb
- Gangs of New York at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Gangs of New York is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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