Gangs of New York
1938 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
The undercover cop Rocky Thorpe infiltrates a crime syndicate being run by the incarcerated mob boss John Franklin. Franklin conducts his business via a short-wave radio concealed in his cell. One day Franklin is caught and placed in solitary confinement. Thorpe, Franklin's physical double, takes his place. Soon changes in the gang's activities are subtly made. Thorpe orders the mob to keep careful records of their activities, to gather enough evidence to convict them all. Trouble ensues when Franklin escapes from jail.
Direction James Cruze
Cast Charles Bickford · Ann Dvorak · Alan Baxter · Wynne Gibson · Harold Huber · Willard Robertson · Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom · Charles Trowbridge · John Wray · Jonathan Hale · Fred Kohler · Howard Phillips · Robert Gleckler · Elliott Sullivan · Maurice Cass
Soundtrack Alberto Colombo
Screenplay Samuel Fuller · Charles F. Royal · Wellyn Totman · Jack Townley · Nathanael West · Herbert Asbury
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Original title Gangs of New York
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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