|   Avg. user rating: 59 ratings Kiss Me Deadly: Hollywood's Baddest Screen GangstersIn honor of Depp in "Public Enemies," we offer the bad and the
beautiful of Hollywood's screen gangsters
By Sean Axmaker
Special to MSN Movies
Johnny Depp is John Dillinger in Michael Mann's new gangster
thriller "Public Enemies." Could the casting be any more perfect? From
... moreRobin Hood to Jesse James, we've always had a soft spot for outlaws, idealizing
them as folk heroes and romanticizing them as rebels. But gangsters hold an
allure all their own. When their exploits exploded across the media and burned
up movies screens during the depths of the depression, the country became
entranced by these rebels without a cause. That they were killers, sociopaths
and ruthless opportunists with a gang and a gun was beside the point. They were
rock stars with a tommy gun: sexy and savage, dapper and dangerous, seductive
and explosive. Here's a few of our favorite urban outlaws from the dawn of sound
to modern world. Close | |
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