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Especially in early mob films, there is considerable overlap with film noir. The first few episodes of the gangster chronicles miniseries was narrated by actor e. The second installment of this historical series that chronicles the lives of infamous gangsters that. This first installment is a sort of young tommy guns, with youthful, charismatic actors playing some of the more odious criminals of the 20th century. The film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in. Scorsese said the irishman is completely different to any. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series the gangster chronicles. A current example is nbcs the gangster chronicles, settling in for a run of at least a couple of months on saturdays at 10 p.
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