Thursday, March 28, 2013

I Should Have Killed You Yesterday

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Leonetti: Not a fan of Whitey. Philip Leonetti, author and former underboss of the Philadelphia/Atlantic City mob, has never been a fan ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Shot in the Rear End: Mickey's Close Shave with Destiny

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Michael "Mickey" Cohen needed a new bulletproof Cadillac for several reasons: His home was bombed in February 1950 and his previ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

High Mass: Whitey Bulger, LSD and a Devil's Deal

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Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger? Yup, the actor who played Dillinger in "Public Enemies" is going to play another crime icon, and ...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

This Scarface is in Chicago, Not Miami

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Living dangerously, Tony Camonte muscles in on his boss's girlfriend. "S carface" (1932) is one of the seminal American g...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Whitey Not a Rat? Shelley Murphy on Whitey Bulger

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The James "Whitey" Bulger saga continues, and here's an interesting interview with reporter Shelley Murphy about the incarce...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

'The Crimson Kimono': Big Crime in Little Tokyo

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Tawdry newspaper headlines bark out plot twists in 'The Crimson Kimono' (1959). D irector, producer and writer Samuel Fuller phot...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

'Gangster Squad' Ready to Rumble

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The Sunday L.A. Times just arrived outside my door wrapped in its usual plastic body bag, but this time it was also wrapped in a faux front-...