Swales lives said:1_barry_conlon said:Swales, when my late mother was a young un in the 30's Cagney was her film idol. She wrote a letter to him and it was addressed 'James Cagney,hollywood, california, usa' Several weeks later she got a reply from him with a signed picture of him and his dog. Though the dog didn't sign it! She thought the sun shone out of his and Pat O'briens jacksy.
Haha great little story, another top Cagney film was "Kiss tomorrow goodbye".
And "Come fill the cup" (not a gangsta film, but a classic).
The films Zin Zim mentions are all superb, and as he says, Sean Penn was superb in "Carlitos Way", but he couldn't have done it without the perm and Adidas tracky.
OxBlue said:de niro said:wow what a question, sorry can't split casino/goodfellas/godfather.
no good tryin.
totally random but anyone seen "murder in the first"?
fantastic film. old but top notch.
Saw that, Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes after jack the Ripper?
Has to be Goodfellas, but Casino is also up there, especially as it's very closely based on a true story.
de niro said:wow what a question, sorry can't split casino/goodfellas/godfather.
no good tryin.
totally random but anyone seen "murder in the first"?
fantastic film. old but top notch.
LongsightM13 said:The aforementioned are all top films.
Could I throw a couple of crazy Christopher Walken classic performances into the mix.
King of New York
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Also the old noir classics, Jimmy Cagney's work etc
The Road To Perdition was surprisingly good as I normally hate Tom Hanks
Would also recommend that anyone who liked The Sopranos etc checks out The Black Donnelly's. A brilliant series about a group of skint, petty criminal Irish American brothers in Hell's Kitchen who somehow blunder their way into a mob war.
It was made by the same team behind the Oscar-winning film Crash, was critically acclaimed but was scrapped after a single series. Only shown at midnight on Sundays on More4 over here
It's kind of like The Departed/Boondock Saints meets Shameless. Funny and violent. The box set is cheap as chips at HMV and well worth an investment
Swales lives said:1_barry_conlon said:White heat - James Cagney.....'top of the world ma'
Good call, I'm a big fan of Jimmy Cagney - Public Enemy, Angels with dirty Faces are superb too
des hardi said:you ve pretty muched named them all. mind you ,british movies like snatch and gangster number one were up to the mark and deserve a mention IMO!