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    • Gangster No. 1 movie review & film summary (2002) - Roger Ebert
      • In “Gangster No. 1,” the crime family is led by Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), who in 1968 is a young, sleek, expensively groomed hood who runs a nightclub and surrounds himself with hard men; he’s known as the Butcher of Mayfair.
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  2. Jun 2, 2024 · Told as a flashback, Gangster 55 recalls his lost youth during the 1960s when he was simply a young gangster, recruited as an enforcer into Freddie May's cadre of money-obsessed thugs.

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  3. Jul 19, 2002 · In “Gangster No. 1,” the crime family is led by Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), who in 1968 is a young, sleek, expensively groomed hood who runs a nightclub and surrounds himself with hard men; he’s known as the Butcher of Mayfair. One day he summons Young Gangster, tosses him a roll of bills, hires him and seals his own fate.

  4. Gangster No 1 tells the story of the emblematically named Gangster, who rises through the London underworld to usurp his mentor Freddie Mays (David Thewlis). But director Paul McGuigan sees it as much more than a genre crime film.

  5. In 1999, an old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls 1968, when he was a young punk, and he joined Freddie Mays' gang, his envy of his mob boss and his betrayal.

  6. Oct 21, 2000 · 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.

  7. May 2, 2017 · McDowell’s narration swiftly explains how his occupation as an enforcer for a man ironically named Fat Charlie earned him an invitation to meet Freddie Mays, the top gangster in Britain, who’s...

  8. An aging London crime boss—who's only known as Gangster 55 (McDowall)—learns that his mentor Freddie Mays (Thewlis) is just out of prison after a 30year stretch for murder. Flashback to 1968, when a young, ruthless Gangster (a ferocious Bettany) earns his place by taking on Freddie's rivals.

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