Sentences with phrase «run by a gangster»

He rose to fame as bandleader at Harlem's Cotton Club, run by gangster Owney Madden, where well - heeled white patrons would go «slumming» and enjoy (in the words of a Harold Arlen song that made its debut at the club):

Not exact matches

I don't doubt you had a decent time as a tourist but open your eyes to what goes on in the world, courtesy of corrupt Russia, run by a deranged and hedonistic gangster, young man.

A media - centric, consumeristic celebrity culture, the erosion of civic responsibility, & the effectiveness of machine /» gangster» politics on a dynastic scale all contribute in challenging the assumption that a government of the people, by the people, & for the people can sustain itself in the long run.

Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading) stars as Gerry Lane, a former field investigator for the United Nations who finds himself running for his life in Philadelphia, along with his wife (Enos, Gangster Squad) and two daughters, as a major viral pandemic that causes infected people to turn into raging, mindless «zombies» whose only purpose is to infect the uninfected by biting them.

The follow - up to the grandiose and lavish spectacles of Gangs of New York and The Aviator is a darkly comic and blood - filled gangster film that runs strictly by the book... plus cell phones

When one of their own is kidnapped by an angry gangster, the Wolf Pack must track down Mr. Chow, who has escaped from prison and is on the run.

Zootopia unfolds as a mystery procedural, as Judy and Nick traverse the varied terrains of Zootopia to crash the place of a mouse gangster modeled after Don Corleone, drop in at a DMV hilariously run by sloths (whose slow speech and movements give the film by far its biggest laughs), and uncover corruption and conspiracy.

Other significant personal preems, in order of original release, included: Buster Keaton's Go West (1925) and College (directed by James V. Horne, 1927); Howard Hughes's and James Whale's Hell's Angels (1928 - 30), featuring (sorry, other Howard) the most awesome aerial scenes I've ever witnessed; John Ford's Up the River (1930) and Airmail (1932); Michael Curtiz's The Kennel Murder Case (1933), utterly silly but quite beguiling as an empty exercise in directorial pizzazz; Gordon Wiles's — and Daniel Fuchs's — The Gangster (1947), an archetypal arty film noir; Val Lewton's Apache Drums; (directed by Hugo Fregonese, 1951); Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin (1952); Robert Bresson's Quâtre Nuits d'un rêveur (1971); Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974); Phil Karlson's Framed (1975); Clint Eastwood's The Gauntlet (1977); and Robert Mulligan's Bloodbrothers (1978), which returned to Seattle (after a five - day first run in» 78) only via Showtime.

He does it again, straight away, getting himself into hefty and unnecessary debt to the charming but lethal gangster Neville Baraka (Michael Kenneth Williams) then follows up by compounding his already hefty other debt to the relatively benevolent Korean gangster (Alvin Ing) who runs Jim's favourite casino.

«Live by Night» is set in the roaring «20s when Prohibition hasn't stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster - run speakeasies.

2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard - like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students.

Directed by Reuben Fleisher of «Zombieland» fame, «Gangster Squad» tells the story of the LAPD's fight to keep the East Coast Mafia, run by Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s.

The plot concerns a Brooklyn bar that's run by Hardy's Bob Saginowski and Gandofini's Cousin Marv and is used at random by the local gangsters as a drop bar for their dirty money.

This is part of a mob operation run by Bobby's brother Ben (Corey Stoll), who is a ruthless gangster, given to dumping business associates in a shallow grave and pouring concrete over them.

And so Sidhu takes the titular, self - discovering journey, along the way encountering into TV commercial model Sakhi (Padukone) and running afoul of gangster Hojo (Gordon Liu), the village's oppressor, and his vicious enforcer Meow Meow — who also happens to be the long - lost twin of Sakhi, Suzy (also played by Padukone).

It's understood in mobsterland that Emma is the property of rum - running gangster Albert White (an authentically brutal Robert Glenister), and Joe Coughlin is walking a tightrope by being seen around town with her.

But Frank soon learns that the hotel run by the Temples is being commandeered by gangster Johnny Rocco (Robinson) and his underlings.

He gradually morphs, scene by scene, into the gangsters with whom he once ran the streets.

When three striving young Edinburgh roommates happen into a questionable cash windfall and run afoul of brutal gangsters and nosy coppers, the real marvel is that we're buffaloed into caring by some forthright performances and by Boyle's visually striking helmsmanship.

Yet they are still approached to meet again on live TV - but things are complicated by one of the men running afoul of gangsters.

It is a milieu of blissful ignorance and arch sophisticates, genuine emotion and heart - rending revelations that will fuel Bobby's return east, where he will take a job at the nightclub run by his brother, Ben (Corey Stoll), a violent but principled gangster with a soft spot for family.

After running into budget problems, Wilkerson accepted one million dollars from a group of New York gangsters headed by Meyer Lansky, and granted them control over two - thirds of the casino.

But the stress of running a business under the thumb of her ex-boyfriend's gangster operation can leave her tense, so she's not ashamed to sample the pleasures offered by her own merchandise from time to time.

The section of a level we got to play at Paris Games Week had me trying to track down a mid-level gangster named Keech in the casino he runs, taking the opportunity to cut off another part of the criminal empire in the process... by blowing the casino up with C4 presumably borrowed from the British military.

In the game, you are Dark Slash Hero who equipped with dual blade and gun blood, jump and shoot attack to kill the bad guy and bring peace to the gangster city In every city, you have to kill the bad stickman boss to pass and discover new city Features — Real experiences of shooting bad guys in crime city — Slashing and kill the stickman gangster with infinity blade in the gun and blood scene — Run, jump and shoot over 5 unique cities — Challenging with endless boss fighting — Ultimate gun fighting with tons of weapon — Collect combo fighting to multiply scores — Summon motobikes, tank and helicopter — Purchase equipment to upgrade dark hero abilities — Power up with dead ninja mortal ability — Game do nt take up much space on your device — Game do nt need wifi or internet connection — Play Game without facebook Weapons list: — Gun blood: attacking in low range and low speed — Big gun: Shooting in medium range and low speed — Dual blade: Slashing in range with low speed — Rocket: attacking in large range and high speed — Tank: Shooting gangster automatically — Helicopter: Shooting and protecting from your behind — Bike: Shooting in high speed and protected by shield How to kill the bosses: — Kill the boss 1 (green goblin): kill on time when goblin attacks — Kill the boss 2 (electric man): Electric man through blue and red electric ball.