Gangster No. 1 Poster

Gangster No. 1 (2000)

06/09/2000 Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime 1h 43m
64%
User
Score
6.7/10
71%
60/100

There can only be ONE!

Overview

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

Paul McGuigan

Director

Johnny Ferguson

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany

Younger Gangster

Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Gangster 55

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Freddie Mays

Jamie Foreman

Jamie Foreman

Lenny Taylor

Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows

Karen

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Tommy

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Miller

Andrew Lincoln

Andrew Lincoln

Maxie King

Doug Allen

Doug Allen

Mad John

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Media

Official Clip

Official Clip

Trailer

Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 7, 2015

Look into my eyes!


Gangster No. 1 is directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Johnny Ferguson, Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman and Eddie Marsan. Music is by John Dankworth and cinematography by Peter Sova.

Gangster 55 (McDowell/Bettany as the younger version) looks back on his brutal life, on how he became a gangster...

The British gangster genre of film was gathering apace in 2000. Guy Ritchie's Snatch would wow critics later in the year, while Ben Kingsley's ferocious turn in Sexy Beast (David Scinto and Louis Mellis co-write on that as well) would even get an Oscar nomination, yet Gangster No. 1 is the equal of both films but still doesn't have the acclaim afforded the oth...

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on August 29, 2022

**It's not a movie for everyone, it's extremely violent and tense, but it works very well.**

It's not easy to make a good gangster movie. Sometimes it feels like they've done everything that could possibly be appealing or challenging, and that each new production is limited to chewing on and revisiting what's already been done by others, usually better. This film, set in London, brings us into a universe of violence and tension, of envy and madness, which is refreshingly dark and appealing, yet not really new.

The screenplay follows the criminal path of a British mobster whose name is never revealed and who, due to his brutality and competence, becomes one of the trusted men of Freddy Mays, one of the crime lords in London in the late 60s. However, he is ambitious, and his desire is,...

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