Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Bande a Part (Band of Outsiders) (1964)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey - One of the dir.’s more accessible films follows the carefree criminal adventures of Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey, while still…
Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby… - A spoof of the Robin Hood legend set in '20s gangland Chicago.
Youth of the Beast (Yaju no seishun) (1963)- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Joe Shishido, Misako Watanabe - Further yazuka tales from the incorrigible Seijun Suzuki: regular lead thug Shishido plays a rogue gangster who muscles in, SANJURO–style, on…
Classe Tous Risques (Consider All Risks) (1960)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo - French–Italian gangster film following the exploits of a French mobster (Lino Ventura, based on a real life henchman for the French Gestapo)…
Murder, Inc. (1960)- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg, Burt Balaban
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Peter Falk, Simon Oakland - Cinemascope gangland film based on the true story of the eponymous Brooklyn gang that operated in the 1930s. It launched the careers of both Stuart…
Never Let Go (1960)- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Adam Faith… - Solid crime drama about a young salesman (Todd) who has his car inconveniently stolen – leaving him with a large debt – and then…
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (1960)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Jr. Davis, Peter Lawford… - The definitive 'Rat Pack' movie, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among the eleven confederates who…
Rise and Fall of 'Legs' Diamond, The (1960)- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart… - A professionally–shot thriller about the career of New York gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, who rose to prominence in the 1920s and maintained…
Shoot the Pianist (Shoot the Piano Player) (1960)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger… - Part homage to Hollywood film noir, part love story and part and parcel of the new wave, a down–on–his–luck pianist is drawn into…
Al Capone (1959)- Dir. Richard Wilson
Feat. Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory… - Rod Steiger is a belligerent Scarface in this throwback to the 30s gangster films.
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