Gangster No. 1

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Gangster No. 1 (2000)

18 10/21/2000 (US) Action, Drama, Thriller 1h 43m

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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.

Paul McGuigan

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Johnny Ferguson

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Paul Bettany

Younger Gangster
Malcolm McDowell

Gangster 55
David Thewlis

Freddie Mays
Jamie Foreman

Lenny Taylor
Saffron Burrows

Karen
Kenneth Cranham

Tommy
Eddie Marsan

Eddie Miller
Andrew Lincoln

Maxie King
Doug Allen

Mad John
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on June 7, 2015

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 Se... read the rest.

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