No convention of the gangster film is more strongly established than this: it is dangerous to be alone. And yet the very conditions of success make it impossible not to be alone.... The successful man is an outlaw.


The Gangster as Tragic Hero (1948)


No convention of the gangster film is more strongly established than this: it is dangerous to be alone. And yet the very conditions of success make...

No convention of the gangster film is more strongly established than this: it is dangerous to be alone. And yet the very conditions of success make...

No convention of the gangster film is more strongly established than this: it is dangerous to be alone. And yet the very conditions of success make...

No convention of the gangster film is more strongly established than this: it is dangerous to be alone. And yet the very conditions of success make...