Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

6.4IMDb Score
Released:2000-06-09
Duration:103 min
Director:Paul McGuigan
Actors:Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Jamie Foreman, Saffron Burrows
Production:Pagoda Film, NFH Films, Film4 Productions, British Screen Productions, BSB, Little Bird, Road Movies

Overview:

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.

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