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The Gangster

  • 19471947
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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POPULARITY
83,614
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Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Shubunka (Barry Sulivan) is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner. The police are in his pocket and the local ... Read allShubunka (Barry Sulivan) is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner. The police are in his pocket and the local hoods are on his payroll.Shubunka (Barry Sulivan) is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner. The police are in his pocket and the local hoods are on his payroll.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
969
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
83,614
15,392
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    • Director
      • Gordon Wiles
    • Writers
      • Daniel Fuchs(story "Low Company")
      • Dalton Trumbo(unconfirmed)
    • Stars
      • Barry Sullivan
      • Belita
      • Joan Lorring
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gordon Wiles
    • Writers
      • Daniel Fuchs(story "Low Company")
      • Dalton Trumbo(unconfirmed)
    • Stars
      • Barry Sullivan
      • Belita
      • Joan Lorring
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    • 21User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    John Ireland, Joan Lorring, Harry Morgan, and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    Belita in The Gangster (1947)
    Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    The Gangster (1947)
    Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)
    Belita and Barry Sullivan in The Gangster (1947)

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    Barry Sullivan
    Barry Sullivan
    • Shubunka
    Belita
    Belita
    • Nancy
    Joan Lorring
    Joan Lorring
    • Dorothy
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Nick Jammey
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    • Shorty
    • (as Henry Morgan)
    John Ireland
    John Ireland
    • Karty
    Sheldon Leonard
    Sheldon Leonard
    • Cornell
    Fifi D'Orsay
    Fifi D'Orsay
    • Mrs. Ostroleng
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Mrs. Karty
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    • Oval
    Ted Hecht
    Ted Hecht
    • Swain
    • (as Theodore Hecht)
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Beaumont
    Charles McGraw
    Charles McGraw
    • Dugas
    John Kellogg
    John Kellogg
    • Sterling
    Helen Alexander
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Allen
    • Girl Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Murray Alper
    Murray Alper
    • Eddie
    • (uncredited)
    Andy Andrews
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gordon Wiles
    • Writers
      • Daniel Fuchs(story "Low Company") (screenplay)
      • Dalton Trumbo(unconfirmed) (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      A surprise hit for lower-rank "B" studio Monogram Pictures, this made a big profit for the company and was one of Hollywood's most profitable films of 1947.
    • Goofs
      About 15 minutes into the picture, when people are going up and down the stairs to the elevated train platform, a shadow of the camera and crew member falls across them.
    • Quotes

      Shubunka: [to Dorothy] You understood nothing. You're sweet, lovely, and good. You're also very young. Pay for my sins? You know what my sins were? I'll tell you. That I wasn't rotten enough. I wasn't mean and low and dirty enough. That's right, I should have smashed Cornell first. I should have hounded Jammy, kept after him, killed him myself. I should have trusted no one, never had a friend. I should have never loved a woman. That's the way the world is. Wait, live, find out yourself that's the way you have to be... the only way!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Icon: Al Capone - Profession: Gangster (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Paradise
      Written by Gordon Clifford and Nacio Herb Brown

      Sung by Belita (dubbed)

    User reviews21

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    7/10
    Is this a hallucinatory dream?
    I'm not convinced that we're seeing a straight-forward crime story with THE GANGSTER. It's practically an opium dream. He goes to the beach in a suit and tie and Elisha Cook comes along with a cohort and Cook keeps yapping about how he's going to knock Sullivan down - the 12-inch disparity in height makes this laughable.

    Shubunka, Jammey, Karty - these names are so precious. Note the stylized sets - the hotel just off the boardwalk that seems about six-feet deep, it stops at the boardwalk. Yet when he runs into the lobby, it's as big as The Waldorf.

    Shubunka, the gangster with no gang. He apparently gets his mob from Rent-A-Hood and when he tries to recruit, the potential members all laugh at him. He's big time, but has no money to afford out-of-town hoods. Sheldon Leonard anticipates his every move, yet he needs some silly list of Shubunka's operations. If Shubunka has all of those businesses under his control, why is he in the ice cream parlor all day?

    Belita thinks she's a dancer, Ireland has a system to beat the races but he's in dutch with the mob - apparently Shubunka doesn't have the gambling concession on the boardwalk so Ireland goes to him for the money he owes since his fool-proof plan didn't work. Harry Morgan thinks he a stud and Fifi D'Orsay thinks she's a Goddess. The only one who knows his place is Tamiroff and he's smart enough to be scared but too dumb to have cut his ties with Shubunka sooner.

    Lest you think I'm being negative, I'm not. It all seems as if Sullivan is hallucinating about his life and all of the characters are exaggerated, including himself. It's fascinating to watch.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Low Company
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • King Brothers Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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