The phrase "local mob" refers to a group of people within a community who engage in organized criminal activities like extortion, intimidation, or illegal businesses. Full definition
For now, know that Coughlin is on the rise in Boston, aided a bit by his cop father (Brendan Gleeson, great even in what amounts to basically a one - scene role) and in love with local mob boss Albert White's (Robert Glenister) daughter Emma (Sienna Miller). (rogerebert.com)
Synopsis: Dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) had been an up - and - coming boxer until powerful local mob boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) persuaded him t... (mrqe.com)
An all - purpose wheelman, Gosling also works as a Hollywood stuntman, a grease monkey, and a would - be stock - car racer, and his talent attracts the interest of a vicious local mob boss — played, in an inspired piece of casting, by Albert Brooks. (film.avclub.com)