Once Upon a Time in America, the 1984 film by Italian director Sergio Leone, tells the story of young boys growing up in a life of organised crime in the Jewish Ghetto in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Depp’s portrayal of Bulger in the soon-to-be-released biopic is sure to make Black Mass a success, moving it towards the top of the list as one of the most important gangster films to date. Countless gangster films have been made in an attempt to gain the success of so many before them, but only a few have remained memorable. Audiences have always loved going to the cinema to watch gangsters and mobsters onscreen, to witness double-crossing, murder, betrayal, and crime unfold before their very eyes. A new gangster film imagining the lives of Islington’s smash and grab criminals could create sympathy for violent thieves, the town hall’s crime chief has warned.

This crime classic follows the story of Harold Shand, a

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