gangster film

collocation in English

meaningsofgangsterandfilm

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withfilm.
gangster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡæŋ.stər/us
/ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/
a member of an organized group of ...
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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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(Definition ofgangsterandfilmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If they do so, they will see from time to time agangsterfilm.
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The director wanted to take thegangsterfilmand deal with it episode by episode but start in the middle and move backwards and forwards.
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As a child, he was impressed watching agangsterfilmwhich started in black and white and then turned to colour.
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Some have called it an early example of agangsterfilm.
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And traditionally thegangsterfilmteaches us that we've got to pay for our sins.
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This is a typicalgangsterfilmof that era but is dated and too murky.
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The fact that it was a violentgangsterfilmmade it more palatable to fans of the director who perhaps were baffled by the apparent departure of the earlier film.
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Americans invert their gangster films and make them prove that crime does not pay.
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He appeared mostly in westerns and gangster films playing villains.
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The next scene is a tribute to gangster films.
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Beneath its documentary exterior there lies a straight melodrama that harks back to the great gangster films of the early 1930s...
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It is also considered one of the best gangster films of all time.
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Also, many gangster films describe the place as a street of crime.
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The backlash against gangster films was swift.
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References to gangster films are also present.
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