Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Rise of the Gangster Film

Chapter 2: Little Caesar and The Public Enemy

Chapter 3: The Story of Temple Drake and No Orchids for Miss Blandish

Chapter 4: Dead End and This Gun for Hire

Chapter 5: Criss Cross and White Heat

Chapter 6: John Huston’s Key Largo and The Asphalt Jungle

Chapter 7: The Lady from Shanghai and The Great Gatsby

Chapter 8: Fritz Lang’s You Only Live Once and The Big Heat

Chapter 9: The Godfather: Part II

Chapter 10: Bonnie and Clyde and The Untouchables

Chapter 11: The Grifters and The Departed

Chapter 12: Dillinger and Public Enemies

Afterword: Gangster Squad and Other Films

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author