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Plot

Actor Walter Matthau directed his first and only feature film with the black-and-white crime drama Gangster Story. In an unusual noncomedic role, Matthau plays Jack Martin, a local gangster who wants to run his own crime syndicate in the neighborhood run by Earl Dawson (Bruce McFarlan). They eventually team up and plan a heist. Carol Grace plays the reform-minded girlfriend.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
70min.
DVD Release Date:
03/27/2001
Director(s):
Themes:
Rise To Power,Mafia Life
Tone:
Cynical,Downbeat
Keywords:
alliance,bad-luck,criminal,gang-war,gangster,girlfriend,mob-boss,reform [improve],struggle,territory,trapped,violence
Language:
English