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64% Critic Match
Gangster No. 1
“There can only be ONE!”
6.4 / 10• 2000• 1h 43m•NR• English
ActionDramaThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Paul Bettany
Younger Gangster
Lead
Malcolm McDowell
Gangster 55
David Thewlis
Freddie Mays
Jamie Foreman
Lenny Taylor
Saffron Burrows
Karen
Kenneth Cranham
Tommy
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Miller
Andrew Lincoln
Maxie King
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul McGuigan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Gangster No. 1 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
