Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema Then and Now - Hardcover

by Gene D. Phillips (Author)

In this book, noted film and literature scholar Gene D. Phillips looks at the crime film genre. In addition to the usual suspects like Little Caesar, and The Godfather Part II, which he examines with a fresh perspective, Phillips also calls attention to some of the less heralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre.

Author Biography

Gene D. Phillips, SJ, is the author of several works on film and literature, including Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films ofDavid Lean, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder, and Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir (Scarecrow, 2011). He is the coauthor of The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia (Scarecrow, 2010).