With Black Mass opening this week, here’s a full clip of the screens most memorable gangsters.
Cagney rises from forgotten doughboy to unforgettable big shot.
When a club snubs his singing sweetheart, he buys the joint.
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Mugsy held to the concept ofOmertaand told Bugs Bunny to keep his lips buttoned.
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They are the face of the Mafia on the streets of the Bronxs Little Italy.
They settle neighborhood disputes and know everything that happens on the block.
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He went on to become the gangster all gangsters wanted to be.
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Mario let Wesley Snipes have the time of his life.
Snipes brings flash and furious fun to this gangster hero.
you might see how the kids on his block all want to grow up to be in his crew.
I admit, I usually root for the gangsters in gangster movies.
But there is nothing Ice-T can do to make us root for him.
Nino wasnt just da bomb, he fucking invented it.
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Rocco is the criminal emperor in exile.
Rocco is self-centered and greedy beyond compare.
Only Robinson could have brought enough history and depth to a character to cow Humphrey Bogarts returned war hero.
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We get the sense that hes involved in some strange business What exactly is in that suitcase?
Why does he have a bandage on the back of his neck?
and when he promises to go medieval on yo ass, you believe him.
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But the kids all want to be Bogart.
An early version of how crews get built on the street.
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Made it, Ma!
Top of the world!
remains one of the all-time great goodbyes.
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The latter, however, arguably amps up the gore, psychosis and air of invulnerability.
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Both Falcone and Joker are Gotham at its worst.
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Cobb may wear a suit, but hes all street.
He is gruff, but understanding.
Theres not a rummy on the docks who cant put the squeeze on him.
When the feds start dusting off the hot seat for him he lashes out ruthlessly.
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Its an unforgettable scene in one of the Coens most beautifully crafted early films.
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He orders a killing as cheerfully as he offers a cookie over espresso.
The Prizzi family was from the Prizzi province in Palermo.
It took novelist Richard Condon four books to tell their story and Hickey wears it all on his face.
You dont even know hes alive when you first see him.
But then he opens his mouth and youre even less sure.
The old don sees himself in Maerose, played by Angelica Huston.
He is fun and ruthless.
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Black Massis out in theaters Friday (September 18).
