It’s the national holiday ... Rambo’s strategy is to hand out free capsules. ibid.
Over the July 4th weekend 82 people were shot in Chicago. 14 died. ibid.
Chicago is still a focal point for the cartels. Drugs Inc Compilation: Breakdown, National Geographic 2015
‘The New Breeds rose up primarily on the west side of Chicago.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s2e14: Dana Bostic, A&E 2013
‘One of the largest drug traffickers of the last twenty years.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s2e15: Quasand Lewis
There were major busts, suitcases containing more than a million dollars, and twenty-two hundred pounds of weed on a semi-truck. ibid.
The reason I got such loyal friends is because I’m thoughtful. All the time I was boss of Chicago I never asked nobody to work on a holiday. Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964 starring Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin & Sammy Davis junior & Peter Falk & Barbara Rush & Victor Buono & Bing Crosby & Edward G Robinson et al, director Gordon Douglas, opening scene Big Jim Stevens
A man who has become the most notorious gangsta in America history faces an epic battle to bring him down. Natural Born Outlaws, newsreel commentary, Discovery 2016
During the 15 years of prohibition, there are over 500 prohibition-related killings in Chicago. ibid. caption
In 2014 there were over 2,500 shootings in Chicagoland. Underworld Inc s2e4: The Money Laundry, 2015
This is Chicago: it’s the third-largest city in America … This place has one of the highest murder rates for under-25s in the whole of the US. Stacey Dooley in the USA: Kids in the Crossfire, W 2017
Innocent families like that Hardmons seem to be caught in the middle of gang warfare that’s taken over their neighbourhood. Ashley was killed in the neighbourhood of Austin. ibid.
There are two main rival gangs – the Four Corner Hustlers and the Gangster Disciples. ibid.
Chicago has the toughest gun laws within the US. ibid.
‘He was as big a celebrity in his field as Babe Ruth was in baseball.’ I Am Al Capone, Discovery 2017
When an attempted gangland murder of Capone’s boss Johnny Torrio fails, Torrio moves to Italy and cedes the entire operation to Al Capone. ibid.
‘The gangsta picture brings out of that mythology of an anti-hero.’ ibid.
There are many stories about Michael Sullivan ... But I once spent six weeks on the road with him in the winter of 1931. This is our story. Road to Perdition 2002 starring Tom Hanks & Tyler Hoechlin & Paul Newman & Jude Law & Daniel Craig & Stanley Tucci & Jennifer Jason Leigh et al, director Sam Mendes
Boy: Why are you always smiling?
Daniel Craig: ’Cause it’s all so fucking hysterical. ibid.
Natural law: sons are put on this Earth to trouble their fathers. ibid. Newman
There is only one guarantee: none of us will see Heaven. ibid.
Gissa swig. The Public Enemy 1931 starring James Cagney & Jean Harlow & Edward Woods & Joan Blondell & Donald Cook & Leslie Fenton & Beryl Mercer & Robert Emmett O'Connor et al, director William A Wellman, opening scene - little boy swigs from bucket of beer
Dutch here knows the layout. We’ve been casing the joint for a week. ibid. Putty Nose to gang
You better lay low for a while. The heat’s on. ibid. dude on door
Remember this, boys: you gotta have friends. ibid. Paddy Ryan
I suppose you want me to go to night school and read poems? ibid. Tommy
Somebody’s gotta protect your customers. You’re yella. ibid. Tommy
So beer ain’t good enough for ya? ibid. Tommy
Oh, Tommy, I could love ya to death. ibid. her to him
I can drink it as long as you can pour it. ibid. him to her
The end of Tom Powers is the end of every hoodlum. ‘The Public Enemy’ is not a man, nor is it a character. ibid. caption
Spaghetti and coffee for two. Little Caesar 1931 starring Edward G Robinson & Douglas Fairbanks junior & Glenda Farrell & William Collier junior & Sidney Blackmer & Ralph Ince & Stanley Fields & Maurice Black et al, director Mervyn LeRoy, Joe
Once in the gang – you know the rest. I’ve never seen the guy that could get away with it yet. ibid. Joe
Olga, you can’t go back on a gang. ibid. Joe
I’m taking over this territory. From now on it’s mine. ibid. Rico
In the years following the passage of the National Prohibition Act of 1920 the nation’s underworld rises to power and battles among itself. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre 1967 starring George Seagal & Jason Robards & Ralph Meeker & Jack Nicholson & Jean Hale & Jan Merlin & Clint Ritchie & David Canary & Harold J Stone et al, director Roger Corman
Use No Slugs. ibid. sign on wall
That’s the trouble with this country. Its morals are all shot. I mean, look at the young people. Girls throwing cigarettes right out into the street, and rocking in the backseat of a car, and wearing skirts so short you can see everything they’ve got. ibid. Capone
Everybody calls me Al. Capone 1975 starring Ben Gazzara & Harry Guardino & Susan Blakely & Sylvester Stallone & John Cassavetes & Frank Campanella & John Orchard & Carmen Argenziano & George Chandler & John Davis Chandler & Royal Dano et al, director Steve Carver
I’m gonna tell you something. From now on we’re gonna be dealing with a lot of important people: judges, lawyers, businessmen, big politicians. To get anywhere with them you gonna have to learn to look like them, walk like them, dress like them, and more important talk like them. ibid. Torrio to Scarface
Guilty? What about? Ah, you think that Rockefeller guy feels guilty? ibid. him to her
I wear a hundred and fifty dollar slacks, I wear silk shirts, I wear eight hundred dollar suits, I wear a gold watch, I wear a D flawless three-carat ring, I change cars like others guys change their fucking shoes, I’m a thief. Thief 1981 starring James Caan & Tuesday Weld & Willie Nelson & James Belushi & Robert Prosky & Tom Signorelli & Dennis Farina & Nick Nickeas & W R Bill Brown & William Petersen, director Michael Mann, him to her
I’ll eat your fucking friends for fucking lunch. Judgment Night 1993 starring Emilio Estevez & Cuba Gooding junior & Denis Leary & Stephen Dorff & Jeremy Piven & Peter Greene & Michael DeLorenzo et al, director Stephen Hopkins, Leary
What, is he nervous? A Better Way to Die 2000 starring Lou Diamond Phillips & Scott Wiper & Jack Conley & Carmen Argenziano & Richard Haje & Mo Gallini & Rolando Molina & Kirk McKinney & Jefferson Moore et al, director Scott Wiper, gangsta/rozzers in car opening scene
Get with the programme, kid. Or get the hell out. ibid. gangsta/rozzer to gangsta/rozzer
Doesn’t anyone want to accomplish anything or do we just want to make money? Serve my fellow mankind. Risky Business 1983 starring Tom Cruise & Rebecca De Mornay & Joe Pantoliano & Richard Masur & Bronson Pinchot & Curtis Armstrong & Nicholas Pryor & Janet Carroll & Shera Danese et al, director Paul Brickman, Cruise
I was born in Palermo Sicily. I came to this country when I was seven. We emigrated to Chicago. Above the Law 1988 starring Steven Seagal & Pam Grier & Sharon Stone & Daniel Faraldo & Ron Dean & Jack Wallace & Chelcie Ross & Joe V Greco & Henry Silva et al, director Andrew Davis
What you got to show for it? Eight bodies, one dead informant ... Code of Silence 1985 starring Chuck Norris & Henry Silva & Bert Remsen & Mike Genovese & Nathan Davis & Ralph Foody & Molly Hagen & Ron Dean & Joseph F Kosala et al, director Andrew Davis, boss rozzer
When did anyone ever accuse me of being sane? Marked for Death 1991 starring Steven Seagal & Keith David & Tom Wright & Joanna Pacula & Basil Wallace & Elizabeth Gracen & Danielle Harris & Al Israel & Michael Ralph et al, director Dwight H Little
I promise you, you is a dead man walking. ibid. Jamaican gangsta