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Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad

After Reshoot, Gangster Squad Finally Hits Theaters

By Jennifer Proffitt

January 10, 2013

Last night, Crime HQ and some friends from our sister site, Heroes and Heartbreakers got a chance to see Gangster Squad a few days ahead of schedule! Going in, knowing a little about the background after having read the articles that initiated the book and movie, I felt I knew enough to be comfortable with…

REAL Gangsters: Now pull up your pants

Demotivating In Honor of Gangster Squad

By Crime HQ

January 9, 2013

Maybe it’s because we’re sneaking into an early screening of Gangster Squad any minute now, but we’re feeling kinda snazzy ourselves. Original image via karakanov's Tumblr.

Gangster Squad Re-edited Trailer!

By Crime HQ

October 25, 2012

After the July 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, Warner Bros. pulled all Gangster Squad trailers (they featured a movie theater shootout between the Squad and Mickey Cohen’s henchmen), decided to postpone the Gangster Squad release date, and refilmed part of the movie to eliminate the movie theater shootout. This is the trailer for…

Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman

Fresh Meat: Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman

By Richard Z. Santos

August 7, 2012

Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman is a true crime novel based on the experiences of eight covert cops waging war on L.A.’s biggest gangsters (available July 31, 2012). In the late 1940s, a secret squad was created inside the Los Angeles Police Department. Eight men were tasked with keeping “eastern hoodlums” from taking over L.A.…

Mickey Cohen after booking/ Bruce H. Cox, L.A. TImes

The Real Gangster Squad’s Crusaders in the Underworld: The Stories Behind the Story

By Clare Toohey

May 20, 2012

We’re just getting our feet wet (wingtips wet? brogues? Dapper haberdasher Mickey Cohen would know) with Gangster Squad. As a result, I’m diving into the original L.A. Times articles by Paul Lieberman upon which the movie’s based. In case you’re a true crime/noir junky, or just love the period, there are loads of fascinating, specific…

L.A. Cop John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) faces down Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) in Gangster Squad.

Gangster Squad Trailer: Cops on the QT in 1940s L.A.

By Crime HQ

May 19, 2012

Hey…why does the bad guy look like he’s the one with the halo? Because it’s Chinatown. At least the time and place and stink of corruption are about right. Gangster Squad is an upcoming movie about an LAPD squad assembled and working off the books from 1946 through the 1950s to prevent the incursion of…

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