
Hollywood Gangster
Documentary about American gangster movies.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Eckhart Schmidt
Actors: Angie Dickinson, Budd Boetticher, James Caan, Joan Leslie, John Milius, Martin Bregman, Nicholas Pileggi, Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, Steven Gaydos
Country: Germany
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