The handsome courageous Joe and his friend, the touching alarmist Jerry, were at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Having witnessed the gangster showdown, they themselves fell into the "black list". And now the mafiosi will pursue them until they are straightened out. There is nothing left but to change the appearance and names and get a job in a jazz band. That's just this collective - female ... "Only girls in jazz" - perhaps the most ridiculous of the category "movies about gangsters." Filmed back in 1959, he did not lose his charm. This is one of the latest works of the legendary Marilyn. And the incredible miracle of reincarnation of Josephine and Daphne charming Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. How often men trying to portray ladies are ridiculous and exaggeratedly feminine. Curtis and Lemmon did it masterly. Except that Dustin Hoffman in the role of Dorothy (Sidney Pollock's picture “Tootsie”) could repeat their success.
And in jest, and seriously ...
You can recall another funny attempt to present films about gangsters as a comedy. This is “Married to the Mafia” with charming Michelle Pfeiffer. Her heroine had to start life from scratch after the death of her killer husband (Alec Baldwin), but the FBI had big plans for the young widow. With the help of Angela, the special services want to reach the top of the gangster group ...
Is the mafia immortal?
Films about gangsters. The saga “The Godfather” deserves to be headed by a constellation of well-deserved awards from the Film Academy and the brilliant Marlon Brando and Robert de Niro as Corleone Sr. Decent company they were Al Pacino,
James Caan, Diane Keaton,
Robert Duvall. Kaan and movies about gangsters is another story. There are several of those in his track record. For example, “Dick Tracy” or “Mickey Blue Eyes” with the slouchy hero Hugh Grant as the son-in-law of a character played by Caan. In Dick Tracy, Madonna created an interesting image, and Warren Beatty in the title role was incomparable. The theme of the mafia comes to the fore in the classic films "The Man with the Scar", "Bugsy Malone", "Once Upon a Time in America", "The Untouchables" and other films about Al Capon and his henchmen. It is impossible to speak on the topic “films about gangsters” and not to mention the tape “Bonnie and Clyde”.
Faye Dunaway and the same talented Warren Beatty created such authentic and holistic images that for more than 45 years this movie has been watching in one go.
Who's new?
Films about the gangsters of Briton Guy Ritchie are distinguished by a special atmosphere. Starting with the dizzying success of “Cards, Money, Two Trunks”, the Englishman continued with the same brilliance the picture “Big Jackpot”. Then he added pepper, releasing Revolver and Rock and Roll. Then, however, he switched to his own interpretation of the Holmes stories, but also did it gracefully and tastefully.
"Gangster Hunters" (2013) - a film of a new time, referring to the era of the end of the turbulent 40s. He impresses with his stylization, camera work, strong cast. Josh Brolin, along with Ryan Gosling, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi personify the ministers of "law and order." They are opposed by the mafia boss Cohen (he was played twice by Oscar-winning Sean Penn). For whom the last word will remain is unknown almost until the very end. The film "Gangster Hunters" continues the tradition and brings new notes, and this is really interesting.