It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruth... Read allIt's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
- Mitch Racine
- (as James Hèbert)
- Patty
- (as Austin Highsmith)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the movie, the Gangster Squad is assembled to go after Mickey Cohen. However, in real life Chief W.H. Parker set up the squad to prevent other gangsters from taking over Cohen's rackets after Cohen went to prison on income tax evasion. Whenever the squad learned that out-of-town gangsters were coming to Los Angeles to try to set up new operations, the Gangster Squad would kidnap them, beat them up (some rumors say torture) and then send them back to wherever they came from with the warning that if they ever returned, they would be killed.
- GoofsThe film gives the impression that the Gangster Squad were responsible for Mickey Cohen's arrest. In reality, Cohen was arrested in 1950 for the more mundane crime of tax evasion. He was also not sent to Alcatraz until 1961, over a decade after the film's time frame.
- Quotes
Grace Faraday: He'll kill you if he finds out!
Sgt. Jerry Wooters: Who?
Grace Faraday: Mickey!
Sgt. Jerry Wooters: Mickey Mouse?
- ConnectionsEdited into Gangster Squad: Deleted Scenes (2013)
- SoundtracksThe Hills of California
Written by Robert Hayward and Robert Staver
Performed by Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers featuring Paul Weston and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
The cast seems like they're having fun, especially Sean Penn who has a field day with his role as the villain Mickey Cohen. The lines he's given are pure gold. Josh Brolin does a great job as the lead and Ryan Gosling is charming and charismatic as usual. However, Emma Stone is underused with a thankless role, but it's nice that she's in the film anyway. Overall, GANGSTER SQUAD is fun entertainment. No judgments, little pretense.
- moviewizguy
- Jan 6, 2013
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Băng Đảng Găng Tơ
- Filming locations
- 17434 Bellflower Blvd, Bellflower, California, USA(Slapsy Maxie's)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,000,903
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,070,347
- Jan 13, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $105,200,903
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1