GANGS OF NEW YORK (1938) Charles Bickford, Ann Dvorak & Alan Baxter | Crime, Drama | B&W

Gangs of New York is a 1938 American film directed by James Cruze and written by Samuel Fuller.

SYNOPSIS
Crime lord Rocky Thorpe is impersonated by police officer John Franklin in order to infiltrate his organization and bring an end to it once and for all.

The undercover cop Rocky Thorpe infiltrates a crime syndicate being run by the incarcerated mob boss John Franklin. Franklin conducts his business via a short-wave radio concealed in his cell. One day Franklin is caught and placed in solitary confinement. Thorpe, Franklin's physical double, takes his place. Soon changes in the gang's activities are subtly made. Thorpe orders the mob to keep careful records of their activities, to gather enough evidence to convict them all. Trouble ensues when Franklin escapes from jail.

CAST & CREW
Charles Bickford as Rocky Thorpe/John Franklin
Ann Dvorak as Connie Benson
Alan Baxter as 'Dapper' Mallare
Wynne Gibson as Orchid
Harold Huber as Panatella
Willard Robertson as Inspector Sullivan
Maxie Rosenbloom as Tombstone
Charles Trowbridge as District Attorney Lucas
John Wray as Maddock
Jonathan Hale as Warden
Fred Kohler as Kruger
Howard Phillips as Al Benson
Robert Gleckler as Nolan
Elliott Sullivan as Hopkins
Maurice Cass as Phillips

Directed by James Cruze
Written by Herbert Asbury (book), Samuel Fuller (screenplay), Samuel Fuller (story), Charles F. Royal (writer), Wellyn Totman (writer), Jack Townley (writer)
Produced by Armand Schaefer
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by William Morgan
Music by Alberto Colombo
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date May 23, 1938
Running time 67 minutes, 53 minutes (edited American TV version)
Country United States
Language English