Portrait of a Mobster
"The screen puts on brass knuckles and a bulletproof vest to tell the Dutch Schultz story all the way!"
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
"The screen puts on brass knuckles and a bulletproof vest to tell the Dutch Schultz story all the way!"
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
Vic Morrow
Dutch Schultz
Leslie Parrish
Iris Murphy
Peter Breck
Frank Brennan
Robert McQueeney
Michael Ferris
Ken Lynch
Anthony Parazzo
Stephen Roberts
Guthrie
Joseph Gallison
Vincent Coll
Ray Danton
'Legs' Diamond
Larry J. Blake
John Murphy
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming expansion plans. Their plans are foiled when local police trooper Ed Croswell discovers their activities and, consequently, exposes the mob to the American public. Croswell’s actions shed light on the massive web of corruption and changed the face of law enforcement forever.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...