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CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
ix
Criminal Record: An Introduction to Crime Movies
xi
Crime Wave Top Tens
xxvii
1 ‘I ain’t so tough’
— The Public Enemy (1931)
1
2‘ust rushing towards death’
— High Sierra (1941)
11
3 ‘The shortest farewells are best’
— The Maltese Falcon (1941)
19
4 ‘Made it Ma! Top of the world!’
— White Heat (1949)
28
5 ‘If you want fresh air, don’t look for it in this town’
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
36
6 ‘The liar’s kiss that says I love you’
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
46
7 ‘First is first and second is nobody’
The Big Combo (1955)
54
8 ‘Somebody’s got to pay’
Point Blank (1967)
63
9‘We ain’t heading nowhere, we’re just running from’
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
73
10 ‘We have all the time in the world’
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
83
11 ‘I’m visiting relatives … a death in the family’
Get Carter (1971)
93
 
12 ‘We’re all on the hustle’
Shaft (1971)
104
13 ‘Do I feel lucky?’
Dirty Harry (1971)
113
14 ‘I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse’
The Godfather (1972)
124
15 ‘Forget it, Jake, it’s …’
Chinatown (1974)
135
16 ‘Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer’
The Godfather Part II (1974)
144
17 ‘Fat Moe’s bone-yard boys’
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
155
18 ‘There’s no more heroes left in the world’
Lethal Weapon (1987)
165
19 ‘I always wanted to be a gangster’
GoodFellas (1990)
174
20 ‘Mon amour … l’aventure commence’
Pulp Fiction (1994)
184
21 ‘Off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush’
L.A. Confidential (1997)
194
22 ‘You’re either in or you’re out’
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
204
Crimography: the Crime Wave Filmography
213
Bibliography and Sources
221
Index
225
 
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‘I ain’t so tough’
— The Public Enemy (1931)
Credits:
DIRECTOR – William A. Wellman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Darryl F. Zanuck
STORY – John Bright and Kubec Glasmon
SCREENPLAY – Kubec Glasmon, John Bright and Harvey Thew
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Dev Jennings
EDITOR – Ed McCormick
ART DIRECTOR – Max Parker
COSTUME DESIGNERS – Earl Luick and Edward Stevenson
MUSIC CONDUCTOR – David Mendoza
Black and white
Interiors filmed at Warner Bros
A Warner Bros-Vitaphone production
Released by Warner Bros
84 minutes
Cast:
James Cagney (Tom Powers)/Jean Harlow (Gwen Allen)/Edward
Woods (Matt Doyle)/Joan Blondell (Mamie)/Beryl Mercer (Ma
Powers)/Donald Cook (Mike Powers, Tom’s brother)/Mae Clarke
(Kitty)/Mia Marvin (Jane)/Leslie Fenton (Samuel ‘Nails’ Nathan)/
Robert Emmett O’Connor (Patrick J. Ryan, alias Paddy Ryan)/Rita
Flynn (Molly Doyle)/Frank Coglan Jnr (Tom as a boy)/Frankie
Darrow (Matt as a boy)/Adele Watson (Mrs Doyle)/Murray
Kinnell (Putty Nose)/Clark Burroughs (Dutch, member of Ryan’s
gang)/Robert Homans (Police Officer Pat Burke)/Mia Marvin (Jane,
girl at hideout)/Purnell Pratt (Tom’s father)/William H. Strauss
(Pawnbroker robbed by Tom)/Lee Phelps (Bullied bartender)
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