Gangster Story (1959)

Director
Walter Matthau

Main cast
Walter Matthau; Carol Grace; Bruce MacFarlane; Garry Walberg

Genres
Drama, Action, Crime

Description
Actor Walter Matthau directed his first and only feature film with the black-and-white crime drama Gangster Story. In an unusual noncomedic role, Matthau plays Jack Martin, a local gangster who wants to run his own crime syndicate in the neighborhood run by Earl Dawson (Bruce McFarlan). They eventually team up and plan a heist. Carol Grace plays the reform-minded girlfriend.


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