Acknowledgments
Direct Address: To the Reader
Preface: Gangster/Noir
Introduction: From the Syndicate to the Classic Heist Picture
Organized Crime as “Big Combo”: The Octopus
The Syndicate Picture: Bright City Confidential
The Syndicate/Rogue Cop Film: The Racket
The Rogue Cop Film: Dragnet v. “Bloody Christmas”
“Gangster with a Badge”: On Dangerous Ground
The Heist Picture: Neo-Gangster Noir
The Proto-Heist Film: High Sierra and Beyond
Part One
1 The Syndicate Film
711 Ocean Drive: California Dreaming
The Captive City: Underworld, USA
The Big Combo: Between Men
2 The Brothers Rico: Sunshine Noir and the ’50s Syndicate Picture
3 The Phenix City Story: History and Fiction (Film), Civil Rights, and the Last Days of Pompeii
Part Two
4 Where the Sidewalk Ends: Theft, Adaptation, Prototypicality
0 5 The Rogue Cop Film
The Prowler: Car Culture/Cadillac
The Big Heat: Something/Nothing
Shield for Murder: Dirt/Castle Heights
6 Touch of Evil: Good Cop/Bad Cop
Part Three
7 The Asphalt Jungle: The City under the City
8 The Heist Film
Armored Car Robbery: Striptease
The Killing: Jigsaw Puzzle
Plunder Road: Near Mint
9 Odds against Tomorrow: Race, Space, and Sputnik Noir
Conclusion: Post-’50s Syndicate, Rogue Cop, and “Big Caper” Films
Neo-Gangster Noir Syndicate Picture: Underworld U.S.A.
The Post-’50s Rogue Cop Film: Cape Fear
Post-Classic Heist Movie: Ocean’s 11
Notes
Index
