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The American Gangster (1992) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1992 · 48 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Ben Burtt
- Starring
- Dennis Farina
The film chronicles the true rise of America’s most notorious gangsters—Bugsy Siegel, Al Capone, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Lucky Luciano. With newsreel clips and photos it shows how they fixed World Series, built Las Vegas, ordered murders and created gambling empires, delivering a brutal portrait of organized crime that eclipses fiction of Scarface and The Godfather.
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