Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 A Silent Era: From Gangs to Gangsters 11
6. 2 The Racketeer and the Outlaw: Gangster Archetypes of the 1930s 29
7. 3 Murder, Incorporated: Post-war Developments in the Gangster Film 56
8. 4 La Famiglia: Coppola, Scorsese, and Gangster Ethnicity 81
9. Filmography 110
10. Bibliography 119
11. Index 125