The American Gangster (1992)

Directed by

Ben Burtt

Genre

documentary film, drama film, docudrama

Country

United States

Runtime

48 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the stories of famous American gangsters like Al Capone and John Dillinger. It uses narration to explain their lives and crimes.

educationalretrospectiveseriousinformativefactualdocumentary-stylehistorical

What happens

The American Gangster is a 1992 American crime documentary film directed by Ben Burtt and written and produced by Ray Herbeck Jr. The documentary is narrated by Dennis Farina and explores the lives of America's gangsters such as Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger, Al Capone, and Bugsy Siegel. It was directly released on VHS in 1992 and later released as part of a DVD box set in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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