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Gangster No. 1
2000
· Movie
· 103 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
60–77
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 77.
See the most agreed on films →An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.
Details
- Director
- Paul McGuigan
- Writer
- Johnny Ferguson
- Studio
- Pagoda Film, NFH Films, British Screen Productions, BSB
- Released
- 9 June 2000
- Country
- Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $30.9K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | European Discovery of the Year | Paul McGuigan | Nominee |
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13th European Film Awards
1 nomination
| European Discovery of the Year | Paul McGuigan | Nominee |