Gangster film
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Gangster film is a film genre which features gangster characters, such as members of the Mafia (as well as members of similar organized crime groupings of other ethnicities and nationalities) and inner city street gangs.
Gangster films typically focus on the power struggles within gangs rather than on the policemen who try to stop them (although there are exceptions, such as The Untouchables). The commonest storyline depicted the rise to power within a gang of one individual, followed by his betrayal, and murder by the gang or his death during a police trap. This story offers a moral message against crime, wilre also permitting the audience to vicariously enjoy the gangster's exploits.
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