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Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

2000
103 min
Action Drama Thriller Crime

Plot Summary

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

6.4
IMDb Rating
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Ratings & Reviews

6.4
IMDb Rating

Technical Details

103 min
Runtime
2000-06-09
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
2000
Year
Genres
Action Drama Thriller Crime

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User Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

8.0/10
Recent

Look into my eyes! Gangster No. 1 is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Johnny Ferguson, Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman and Eddie Marsan. Music is by John Dankworth and cinematography by Peter Sova. Gangster 55 (McDowell/Bettany as the younger version) looks back on his brutal life, on how he became a gangster... The British gangster genre of film was gathering apace in 2000...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

9.0/10
Recent

**It's not a movie for everyone, it's extremely violent and tense, but it works very well.** It's not easy to make a good gangster movie. Sometimes it feels like they've done everything that could possibly be appealing or challenging, and that each new production is limited to chewing on and revisiting what's already been done by others, usually better. This film, set in London, brings us into a universe of violence and tension, of envy and madness, which is refreshingly dark and appealing, y...

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2000-06-09
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