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"Mad Dog" Floyd Banner was an American Prohibition-era gangster and bootlegger from Chicago who became partners with the Bondurant brothers of Virginia in 1931. Floyd Banner was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he became a feared Prohibition-era gangster who, by the 1930s, had become well-known by...
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The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for dealing with the assistance of Cricket, Jack's mechanically gifted friend who builds and maintains their stills. Jack witnesses rum-runner Floyd Banner shoot dead two federal agents in broad daylight for trying to arrest him.
May 19, 2012 · Oldman makes the most of his brief turn as the Chicago gangster Floyd Banner, a figure of ruthless charisma; and Bill Camp is excellent as the Franklin County sheriff torn between his...
Jack courts the preacher's daughter Bertha Minnix and deals a great load of alcoholic liquor with the powerful gangster Floyd Banner. Jack shows off in Franklin attracting the attention of Rakes that finds the location of their distillery. When he kills the crippled Cricket Pete, the locals join forces to face the corrupt authorities.
Aug 28, 2012 · Jack, the most timid and soft-hearted of the three, is also the most ambitious, and a chance encounter with hotshot gangster Floyd Banner (a minimally used Gary Oldman) only fuels his dreams.
May 19, 2012 · Howard isn’t much more than a ghostly, civil presence throughout, and the film rather criminally underuses Gary Oldman as notorious gangster Floyd Banner, who gets a fabulous entrance but then ...
May 19, 2012 · Lawless does heat up after an hour or so, when Shia Lebeouf's Jack Bondurant starts selling liquor to gangster Floyd Banner (played with steely style by Gary Oldman, albeit too briefly) and...
