The Gangster Squad

Cast: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Michael Pena, Anthony Mackie, Bryan Cranston, Holt McCallany

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Rating: NR

Studio: Warner Bros

Release date: 2012

Synopsis:

Based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the LAPD created a unit called the Gangster Squad to keep the East Coast mafia out of the city.

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