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1) Casino
Language
English
Formats
Description
A casino owner falls from the heights of wealth and power as he, his loose-cannon best friend, and his ex-hooker trophy wife battle against each other because of greed, hubris and lust.
2) Lord of war
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa to selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, and through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s. He forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. His relationship with his younger brother is somewhat volatile, he is married to a famous model, and he is relentlessly pursued...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now in his 60s, Don Michael Corleone is dominated by two passions: freeing his family from crime and finding a suitable successor. That successor could be his fiery nephew Vincent--but Vincent may also be the spark that turns Michael's hope of business legitimacy into an inferno of mob violence.
5) The sting
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
6) GoodFellas
Language
English
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
7) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
8) Raw deal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trapped within the walls of a state penitentiary, Joe Sullivan lives for the chance to avenge himself upon the man who helped put him there: Rick Coyle, a pyromaniac mob boss with a taste for party-girl flambé. Rick helps spring Joe from prison in hopes that the police will gun him down during the escape, but he grossly underestimates Joe's resourcefulness. With the assistance of a world-weary moll and an innocent girl, Joe dodges roadblocks, hitmen...
9) Bugsy
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the 1940's, mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel is inspired by his mistress Virginia Hill to follow his dream and build the now-famous Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
11) The Godfather
Series
Language
English
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 328 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The big combo: The story of Leonard Diamond, a police lieutenant obsessed with mob kingpen Mr. Brown -- because he's in love with Brown's girlfriend Susan Lowell.
Johnny One-Eye: Martin Martin, a major league racketeer, barely gives the D.A.'s men the slip when they come to arrest him for a five-year-old murder he and his ex-partner Dane Cory committed. When Martin realizes that Cory must have bargained with the D.A., he sets up a meeting to talk...
13) Bonnie & Clyde
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet. The two embark on one of the most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
14) Reservoir dogs
Language
English
Description
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?"--Container.
15) Revolver
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Green is a grifter who vows revenge against Macha, the ferocious crime boss who sent him to prison. After taking Macha down in a game of chance, Macha puts out a hit on Jake. Caught between a gun and a hard place, Jake finds himself protected by two vicious loan sharks who make him an offer he can't refuse.
16) Scarface
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire.
17) Redemption
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A damaged ex-special forces soldier trapped in the criminal underworld is transformed into an avenging angel when an unexpected opportunity allows him to assume another identity. Once believing he was beyond redemption, he now seeks out his own version of justice.
18) Jackie Brown
Language
English
Description
What do a sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, an earnest federal agent, and a stoned-out beach bunny have in common? They're six players on the trail of a half million dollars in cash! But, who will end up getting played, and who will actually make the big score?
19) The family
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (Blu-ray) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war rages between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Chronicles Greene's rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns and allying himself with gangster John Nardi, Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power.
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