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Over the last century-plus, the mythos has spread from hard-boiled mobsters spraying Tommy gun fire to yakuza enforcers turning pistol-play into art, larger-than-life mafioso in three-piece suits and street-level bosses whose empire only extends to the end of the block.Ĭlearly, gangsterism is a diverse profession, and so are gangster movies. Almost since the movies began, filmmakers have been fascinated by people living outside the law.

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