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Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt. Based on George V. Higgins ' 1974 novel Cogan's Trade , the story follows Jackie Cogan, a hitman who is hired to deal with the aftermath of a Mafia poker game robbery that ruptured the criminal economy; the events are set ...
Sep 25, 2012 · Killing Them Softly (Cogan's Trade Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) Paperback – September 25, 2012. Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem.
Jan 1, 1974 · For Cogan is an enforcer; and when the Mob’s rules get broken, he gets hired to ply his trade—murder. In the gritty, tough-talking pages of Higgins’s 1974 national best-seller, Cogan is called in when a high-stake card game under the protection of the Mob is heisted.
Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith & Wesson thirty-eight Police Special, restores order to his corner of th...
Oct 16, 2020 · Two ex-con heroin addicts (Scoot McNairy, doing his best Casey Affleck impersonation, and a gloriously repulsive Ben Mendelsohn) hold up a mob-protected card game in the hopes that the blame will fall on its operator, Markie Trappman (Ray Liotta), who is known to have staged a similar robbery a few years back.
Nov 1, 2011 · Cogan's Trade (Killing Them Softly) is an excellent follow up to The Friends of Eddie Coyle. This story told through conversations is about a mob card game that gets ripped off for a second time and mob hit man Jackie Cogan is brought in to set things right.
Sep 25, 2012 · Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan...
“About as perfect as anything an American writer has done in years. It’s absolutely flawless. … All his books attain a high order of craftsmanship.”—John Gregory Dunne “If John Le Carré captures the world of spies, George V. Higgins grabs the lifestyle of the American underworld by the throat.
The story tracks Jackie Cogan’s career in a gangland version of law and order. For Cogan (Pitt) is an enforcer; and when the Mob’s rules get broken, he gets hired to ply his trade – murder. Cogan is called in when a high-stake card game under the protection of the Mob is heisted.
The 2012 film Killing Them Softly, directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, is based on the novel. Plot [ edit ] Markie Trattman is the proprietor of a criminal poker ring operating in a New England neighborhood.
