Movie
Gang War
1940 · 63 min
A brisk, no-nonsense old crime programmer that rattles through mob rivalry with plain, workmanlike energy.
- Overview
- Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
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- Tone
- tensestrength 2 of 3
- darkstrength 1 of 3
- cynicalstrength 1 of 3
- Pacing
- brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
- Attention
- easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
- Themes
- crime
- power
- greed
- betrayal
- violence
- Places
- big city
- Era
- contemporary
- Audience
- adult
- Form
- None
- Content intensity
- Gore none
- Language mild
- Violence mild
- Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 5 | |
| Horror | 1 | |
| Humour | 2 | |
| Realism | 6 | |
| Romance | 2 | |
| Tension | 5 | |
| Darkness | 5 | |
| Complexity | 3 | |
| Emotional weight | 3 |
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Details
- Genres
- crime, action
- Directed by
- Leo C. Popkin
- Written by
- Lewis Sherman
- Starring
- Ralph Cooper, Gladys Snyder, Reginald Fenderson, Laurence Criner, Monte Hawley, Jess Lee Brooks, Johnny Thomas, Maceo Bruce Sheffield
- Runtime
- 63 min
- Country
- United States of America
- Languages
- English