Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad (2013)

It's 1949 Los Angeles, and gangster Mickey Cohen has moved in, with the intention of controlling all criminal activity in the city. He has bought local judges and police, and no one is willing to cross him or testify against him. Everyone except Sergeant John O'Mara, a former World War II soldier, whose goal is to settle with his family in a peaceful Los Angeles. Police Chief William Parker decides to form a special unit whose mission is to take down Cohen, and chooses O'Mara to lead the unit. O'Mara chooses 4 cops and asks another cop and vet, Jerry Wooters to join him but Wooters is not interested. After Wooters witnesses the murder of a young boy by Cohen's people, he joins them, and they decide to take apart Cohen's organization. Cohen wonders if a rival is going after him, eventually he realizes it's the cops.

Genres

Action Crime Drama

Countries

United States

Director

Ruben Fleischer

Writers

Will Beall Paul Lieberman

Producers

Dan Lin Kevin McCormick Michael Tadross Bruce Berman Ruben Fleischer Paul Lieberman

Composer

Steve Jablonsky

Cinematographer

Dion Beebe

Editors

Alan Baumgarten James Herbert

Production

Village Roadshow Pictures Lin Pictures Langley Park Production Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring

Also starring

Josh Brolin Ryan Gosling Sean Penn Nick Nolte Anthony Mackie Giovanni Ribisi Robert Patrick Michael Peña Mireille Enos Troy Garity Holt McCallany Sullivan Stapleton James Carpinello James Landry Hébert Evan Jones Josh Pence John Aylward Jack Conley Jack McGee Jon Polito Austin Abrams Michael Bacall Lance Barber Scott Beehner Mick Betancourt De'Aundre Bonds Mac Brandt Ambyr Childers Dennis Cockrum

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