Gangster No. 1

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Gangster No. 1 is a 2000 British crime film that follows the brutal rise of a psychopathic London gangster from the 1960s to the 1990s.

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Gangster No. 1 canonical 4
Gangster No. 1 (stage play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British crime film
film
basedOn Gangster No. 1 (stage play)
linked to: Gangster No. 1
basedOnWorkBy David Scinto
Louis Mellis
castMember David Thewlis
Eddie Marsan
Jamie Foreman
Kenneth Cranham
Malcolm McDowell
Paul Bettany
Saffron Burrows
cinematographer Ben Davis
composer John Dankworth
linked to: Johnny Dankworth
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
countryOfRelease United Kingdom
director Paul McGuigan
distributor FilmFour Distributors
editor Andrew Hulme
filmingLocation London
linked to: London, England
genre crime film
drama film
gangster film
hasNarrativeStructure nonlinear timeline
hasTheme organized crime
power and ambition
psychopathy
violence
mainCharacter Gangster
motionPictureRating 18 (BBFC)
narrativeTimePeriodEnd 1990s
narrativeTimePeriodStart 1960s
notableFor dual portrayal of the main character at different ages
graphic violence
originalLanguage English
partOf British gangster film tradition
plotSummary Follows the brutal rise of a psychopathic London gangster from the 1960s to the 1990s
portrayedBy Malcolm McDowell
Paul Bettany
producer Jonathan Cavendish
Norman Merry
productionCompany FilmFour
Scala Productions
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 103
screenplayAdaptationFrom stage play
screenwriter Johnny Ferguson
settingLocation London
linked to: London, England

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Paul McGuigan notableWork Gangster No. 1
Paul McGuigan directed Gangster No. 1
Jamie Foreman notableWork Gangster No. 1
Malcolm John Taylor notableWork Gangster No. 1
Gangster No. 1 basedOn Gangster No. 1 (stage play)
linked to: Gangster No. 1