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Gloria is a 1980 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a gangster's former girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have.
She's an ex-gun moll and showgirl suddenly forced to protect a kid whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob. Now the mob wants the kid dead too - but first they'll have to deal with Gloria...
Jan 7, 1998 · It’s the basic situation of “Little Miss Marker,” the Damon Runyon story that has been filmed three times. And now John Cassavetes tells it again in Gloria. The twists this time: The tough-talking gangster type is a woman, and the kid is Puerto Rican.
New York film locations from the movie Gloria starring Gena Rowlands.
Sep 21, 2023 · The brilliant Gena Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence, Opening Night) gives an Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actress, 1980) as an ex-gun moll and showgirl suddenly forced to protect a six-year-old kid in Gloria.
- Emily Strong
Aug 3, 2019 · Gloria, the story of a middle-aged gangster’s moll and a young boy, trying to get away from mobsters pursuing the child (who may or may not be in possession of crucial information), amounts to a piece unusual in the Cassavetes oeuvre.
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When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York. Mild mannered Jack Dawn has been secretly working as an accountant for the mob.
