Gangster No. 1

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Movie Facts

Status: Released

Runtime: 103

Budget: -

Revenue: -

Language: en

Webpage: -

Release Info

2000-06-09
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2000-10-21
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Alternative Titles

Gangster Nr. 1
Gangster Nr1

Content Score: 100

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, who joined Freddie Mays' gang, a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

Tagline

There can only be ONE!

Crew

Director:	Paul McGuigan
Writer:	Johnny Ferguson

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Cast

David Thewlis
as Freddie Mays

Jamie Foreman
as Lenny Taylor

Paul Bettany
as younger Gangster

Malcolm McDowell
as Gangster 55

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Production Companies

Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Pagoda Film, Film4, Little Bird, NFH Productions, Road Movies Filmproduktion, British Screen Productions, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

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A review by John Chard

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.