

Gangster No. 1
There can only be ONE!
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $30.9K
- Language
- English
- prison
- casino
- forgiveness
- gangster
- repayment
- machete
- rise and fall
- sociopath
- revenge
- extortion
- sledgehammer
- stabbed to death
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Produced in
Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR21 Oct 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical189 Jun 2000
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14 Jun 2002
Frequently asked questions
Gangster No. 1 was released on 9 June 2000.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
6/7/2015
Look into my eyes! Gangster No. 1 is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Johnny Ferguson, Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman and Eddie Marsan. Music is by John Dankworth and cinematography by Peter Sova. Gangster 55 (McDowell/Bettany as the younger version) looks back on his brutal life, on how he became …
- F9/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
8/29/2022
**It's not a movie for everyone, it's extremely violent and tense, but it works very well.** It's not easy to make a good gangster movie. Sometimes it feels like they've done everything that could possibly be appealing or challenging, and that each new production is limited to chewing on and revisiting what's already been done by others, usually better. This film, set in London, brings us into a universe of violen…
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