Gangs of New York

Melodrama about a cop who impersonates a mobster in an effort to smash the rackets. Thorpe/ Franklin: Charles Bickford. Connie: Ann Dvorak. Dapper: Alan Baxter. Orchid: Wynne Gibson. Panatella: Harold Huber. Sullivan: Willard Robertson. Tombstone: Maxie Rosenbloom. Punchy dialogue. Directed by James Cruze.