Portland Public Library

Ultimate gangsters collection, classics

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Ultimate gangsters collection

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classics

Little Caesar: Edward G. Robinson embodies the classic screen gangster in this tale of the rise and fall of Enrico 'Little Caesar' Bandello, a hardened criminal with few attachments, fewer friends and no sense of diplomacyThe public enemy: James Cagney gives a powerful breakthrough performance as streetwise tough guy Tom Powers in this gritty, hard hitting representation of the criminal underworld during the Prohibition eraThe petrified forest: A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart in a star-making performance) sweats out a manhunt, holding a disillusioned writer, a young artist and others hostageWhite heat: As a psychotic thug devoted to his hard-boiled ma, James Cagney -- older but just as frightening as ever -- is at his most electrifying playing Cody Jarrett, a human time bomb struggling to reach the top of the world

[disc 1]. Little Caesar / First National Pictures present ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy ; screen version and dialogue by Francis Edwards Faragoh ; producers, Hal B. Wallace and Darryl F. Zanuck (1931, 79 min.) -- [disc 2]. The public enemy / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright ; directed by William A. Wellman ; screen adaptation by Harvey Thew ; producer, Darryl F. Zanuck (1931, 83 min.) -- [disc 3]. The petrified forest / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. present ; directed by Archie L. Mayo ; screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Delmer Daves ; producer, Hal B. Wallace (1936, 82 min.) -- [disc 4]. White heat / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts ; suggested by a story by Virginia Kellogg ; produced by Louis F. Edelman ; directed by Raoul Walsh (1949, 114 min.) -- [disc 5]. Bonus DVD: Feature-length documentary Public enemies: the golden age of the gangster film

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