The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time

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George Anastasia Glen Macnow

The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies

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ISBN: 9780762441549

Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time

George Anastasia, Glen Macnow, Joe Pistone , George Anastasia

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Running Press
27 September 2011

Film, TV & Radio; Film & movie: styles & genres

The gangster movie is one of the most popular genres in film. From the Italian, Irish, and Russian

families"" in America to similarly sinister groups in Europe, Japan, and beyond, the cinema has never shied away from portraying the evil exploits of these brutal outfits. In this highly entertaining and informative book, two accomplished and apropos authors put the genre in perspective like no other author or documentarian has done before.

The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies

provides extensive reviews of the Top 100 gangster films of all time, including sidebars like

Reality Check,""

Hit and Miss,""

I Know That Guy,""

Body Count,"" and other fun and informative features. Also included are over a dozen stand-alone chapters such as Sleeper

Hits,""

Fugazi"" Flops, Guilty Pleasures, Lost Treasures, Q&A Interviews with top actors and directors (including Chazz Palinteri, Michael Madsen, Joe Mantagna, and more), plus over 50 compelling photographs.

Foreword by Joe Pistone, the FBI agent and mob infiltrator who wrote the bestselling book and acclaimed movie,

Donnie Brasco .

By: George Anastasia, Glen Macnow, Joe Pistone
Foreword by: George Anastasia, Glen Macnow
Imprint: Running Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 205mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780762441549
ISBN 10: 0762441542
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 27 September 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

George Anastasia is one of America's foremost experts on organised crime. A reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer for decades, he is the author of five books about the mob, including The Last Gangster, a NYT bestseller, and Blood and Honor, which Jimmy Breslin called the best gangster book ever written. He lives near Philadelphia. Glen Macnow has been a popular sports-radio host at 610-WIP Philadelphia for 15 years, following an award-winning career at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press. He's published many sports books (including RP's The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies, and is a frequent guest on local and national US TV and radio sports shows. He lives near Philadelphia.

Reviews for The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time

"Philadelphia Inquirer ""A lucid, opinionated, and engaging book."" Gangland News ""Engaging, entertaining, easy read...includes everything you ever thought you wanted to know-and more-about the men, for the most part, who produced, directed, and acted in their top 100 gangster films."""