- Sinister actions - characters include bankrobbers, underworld figures and ruthless hoodlum. These usually steal outside of the law, co-operate with the police/work against them, steal, work outside of the law and co-operate with violent murders
- Development from 1940's - dark cynical (film-noir)
- Post-war film noir and detective mystery films
- Highlights the crime figure and victim, with their rise and falls
- Set in large crowded cities: secret world
- Rivalry - gangster gangs
- Questions from police, private eyes, law and special agents
- Usually urban phenonenm, including rural settings and rundown towns
- Expression of 'American feeling and rebellion'
Monday, 20 September 2010
Crime and gangster conventions
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