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Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 243 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them. Includes both the U.S. (English, 118 min) and International cut (French, 125 min).
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A young boy fresh from the countryside is assigned to serve the girlfriend of an organized crime boss. A bloody assault forces the wounded boss and his assistants to a remote island, where they re-group and plan their strategy of revenge. Meanwhile, his girlfriend befriends the boy and two naive neighbors with tragic results.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lazy would-be thief Michael owes local gangster Perrier more money than he can pay. When a burglary to raise funds goes awry, Michael's lovesick suicidal neighbor kills one of the goons who come to collect and he is forced to go on the run. Dragging along his neighbor, not to mention his foul-mouthed, death-obsessed father, Michael has to stay one step ahead of the crime world while keeping his dad one step ahead of the Grim Reaper.
4) Parker
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : digital sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join them for another job, they try to kill him. They dispose of his body, but someone finds him-- still alive. After recovering, he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to...
Author
Physical Desc
x, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Matt Birkbeck's THE LIFE WE CHOSE: The Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Crime Family, a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes and ears of William "Big Billy" D'Elia, who spent his adult life as the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who for more than 50 years ran organized crime in the U.S. from his home in Pittston, PA"--
6) John Wick
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin, they have no idea that they've just awakened the boogeyman. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, Wick embarks on a merciless rampage, hunting down his adversaries with the skill and ruthlessness that made him an underworld legend.
7) True romance
Language
English
Description
The story of two unlikely lovers who find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband which they plan to take from Detroit to Los Angeles, sell, and begin a new life.
Author
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With gimlet eyed cool and razor sharp wit, The Low Desert explores both the depravity and humanity at the heart of Tod Goldberg's critically acclaimed gangster universe, first introduced in Gangsterland, continued in Gangster Nation, and expanded here with all-new and returning characters. The uncle of an FBI agent spends his life as sheriff in different cities, living too close to the violent acts of men; a cocktail waitress moves through several...
Author
Series
City volume 1
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young, quick-witted and cocksure, Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark in a world of sweet, sinister sin. Then Capac crosses paths with The Cardinal, and his life changes forever. Faced with hard choices and his own soaring ambition, Capac must find his way alone in this deadly world.
10) Pistoleros
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Danish
Description
Notorious gangster Frank Lowies has hidden millions in cash before going to prison. Now every gunslinging scoundrel In town is on the hunt ... but where's the money?
Finally released from prison, a gangster must get to the stash from his last score before the rest of the Copenhagen underworld.
12) Little Caesar
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Little Caesar(1930): A small-time hood rises to criminal fame and power. Smart money(1931): A small-town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler travels to the big city in the company of his younger brother, and they are soon running their own high-stakes racket.
13) Monkey business
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The shenanigans start right away as the brothers stow away on a luxury liner. It's their first film that wasn't based on a play, as they endeavored to find new material.
14) Lady for a day
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (folded) in container
Language
English
Description
Apple Annie, a cantankerous New York City fruit peddler, has been pretending to be a high-society matron in letters to her daughter. When her daughter comes to visit with her aristocratic fiance, Apple Annie enlists her gangster friends for help.
16) Sexy beast
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
High voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangster named Don Logan is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal for "one last job". But Logan just won't take no for an answer--Container.
17) Ball of fire
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Realizing they have to hear how real people talk, a group of lexicographers end up helping a beautiful singer get away from the mob.
18) Gilda
Series
Criterion collection volume 795
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out booklet.
Language
English
Description
A deceitful woman plays with the lives of her husband, his crime lord boss, and his right-hand man.
19) Public enemy
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in Prohibition-era urban America" -- Wikipedia.
20) Dillinger
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Through all their outrageous escapades, the Dillinger gang maintained a certain mystique in the eyes of the American public. To a citizenry in the depths of the depression, the gang seemed almost like heroes, who enlivened their days with fabulous feats of crime. This glimpse of the lives of those involved in the most interesting crime saga in American history.
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