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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787822803321

Autore

Phillips Gene D.

Titolo

Gangsters and G-men on screen : crime cinema then and now / / Gene D. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-3076-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6556

Soggetti

Gangster films - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION. In Search of the Gangster Genre; CHAPTER ONE. THE RISE OF THE GANGSTER FILM; CHAPTER TWO. LITTLE CAESAR AND THE PUBLIC ENEMY; CHAPTER THREE. THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE AND NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH; CHAPTER FOUR. DEAD END AND THIS GUN FOR HIRE; CHAPTER FIVE. CRISS CROSS AND WHITE HEAT; CHAPTER SIX. JOHN HUSTON'S KEY LARGO AND THE ASPHALT JUNGLE; CHAPTER SEVEN. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI AND THE GREAT GATSBY; CHAPTER EIGHT. FRITZ LANG'S YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AND THE BIG HEAT; CHAPTER NINE. THE GODFATHER: PART II

CHAPTER TEN. BONNIE AND CLYDE AND THE UNTOUCHABLESCHAPTER ELEVEN. THE GRIFTERS AND THE DEPARTED; CHAPTER TWELVE. DILLINGER AND PUBLIC ENEMIES; AFTERWORD. GANGSTER SQUAD AND OTHER FILMS: Time Marches On and So Does the Gangster Genre; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>In this book, noted film and literature scholar Gene D. Phillips looks at the crime film genre. In addition to the usual suspects like </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Little Caesar</span><span>, and </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Godfather Part II</span><span>, which he examines with a fresh perspective, Phillips also calls attention to some of the less heralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre.</span></span>