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09/06/2000 Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime 1h 43m
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Overview

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.

  1. Paul McGuigan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Bettany

    Younger Gangster

  2. Malcolm McDowell

    Gangster 55

  3. David Thewlis

    Freddie Mays

  4. Jamie Foreman

    Lenny Taylor

  5. Saffron Burrows

    Karen

  6. Kenneth Cranham

    Tommy

  7. Eddie Marsan

    Eddie Miller

  8. Andrew Lincoln

    Maxie King

  9. Doug Allen

    Mad John

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-06-07
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. Guy Ritchie's Snatch would wow critics later in the year, while Ben Kingsley's ferocious turn in S...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$30,915.00

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