The American Gangster

Year: 1992

Runtime: 48 mins

Language: English

Director: Ben Burtt

DocumentaryCrime

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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