Sentences with phrase «young gang leader»

The first screen adaptation came in 1947, nine years after its first publication, when Richard Attenborough gave one of his finest performances as the violent young gang leader Pinkie Brown.

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Among the officers on the force was Terry Young, a high - ranking leader of the Traveling Vice Lords who was later sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of heading the street gang's cocaine, crack and heroin operation on the West Side.

Shootings of two children started and ended a bloody summer in Buffalo, leaving two young boys fighting for their lives and city leaders calling for an end to gang violence.The summer started when an 11 - year - old, Juan «Macho» Rodriguez, was hit by a stray bullet while he was opening his front door.Then on Thursday night, 8 - year - old Donnell «Donny» Bibbes was shot in the he...

The $ 90 million movie, being directed by Jaume Collet - Serra (House of Wax, Orphan), is set in a place called New Manhattan and follows two brothers, one the leader of a motorcycle gang, the other a younger man (Tetsuo) with telekinetic abilities who becomes a dangerous weapon.

With Tron: Legacy «s Garret Hedlund in final talks to star as Kaneda, the gang leader, and Kristen Stewart offered the role of Ky Reed, a woman who is part of an underground movement to expose the government for turning orphans into living weapons (she also may possess some abilities herself), the big question now is who will play Tetsuo, the young man whose latent powers will release the powerful being known as Akira?

Sal Mineo made his screen debut in this movie, as the young Jerry, leader of a Boston street gang.

A stunning debut that delivers both laughs and thrills in equal measure, Attack the Block features superb performances from its young cast — led by John Boyega as gang leader Moses — and although it went largely unnoticed in cinemas (banking just under # 2.5 m here in the UK), it will surely go on to become a cult classic.

10:30 pm — TCM — Once Upon a Time in the West A disparate group of characters interact and intertwine on America's western frontier — a young widow seeking those who killed her family, the outlaw suspected (but innocent) of the murders, the ruthless leader of a gang in the employ of a railroad tycoon, and a harmonica - playing stranger.

There, a clandestine revenge scheme is being played out by young Irish - American Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio), who vows vengeance against vicious gang leader Bill «the Butcher» Cutting (Daniel Day - Lewis) for killing his father (Liam Neeson) in a vicious Nativist - vs.

Cliff Robertson is strong as Cole Younger, the leader of the gang, and Robert Duvall gives a spirited performance as the out - of - control Jesse.

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

AMERICAN HISTORY X An interesting and for the most part honest presentation of a difficult subject, this film about a young man who becomes the leader of a neo-Nazi gang is hampered by a banal ending and some unconvincing moments.

I really got to be a part of the community through Spike and [longtime Chicago political activist] Father Michael Pfleger who introduced me to some young peacekeepers, some reformed gang members turned leaders in the South side of Chicago.

Especially after she saves a young girl being beaten by the local gang leader and needs to escape Skagway fast.