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2. Chester Morris. Actor. Soundtrack. The Divorcee (1930) The Academy Award-nominated film actor Chester Morris, who will forever be associated with the character Boston Blackie, was born John Chester Brooks Morris on February 16 1901 in New York City, the son of actor William Morris and comedienne Etta Hawkins.
Apr 8, 2017 · Read More: Highest Paid Actors For One Film. 8. Joe Pesci (‘Goodfellas) I am featuring Pesci’s performance as Tommy DeVito in ‘Goodfellas‘, for which he won the Academy Award, but his performance in ‘Casino’ is also worth mentioning. ‘Goodfellas’ was a ground breaking film, not only for the gangster genre, but in the industry as ...
When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim) Crime 2007 2 hr 37 min. 81%. 17+. R. Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin. Director Ridley Scott.
Lee J. Cobb, one of the premier character actors in American film for three decades in the post-World War II period, was born Leo Jacoby in New York City's Lower East Side on December 8, 1911. The son of a Jewish newspaper editor, young Leo was a child prodigy in music, mastering the violin and the harmonica.
Synopsis. There are two sides to the American dream. Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the ...
The film opens with Bumpy Johnson (Clarence Williams III) and Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) pouring gasoline on a Hispanic man in a dark alleyway at night and then lighting him on fire. As the man screams in pain, Frank shoots him. It is November 1968, New York City. Bumpy is a local gangster who operates and runs most of Harlem, and Frank ...
Jun 22, 2023 · In 2007, Scott took the reigns of the crime drama, American Gangster. The film is based on Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a Harlem drug lord who is pursued by a New York City cop in one of the ...
