♦B-Movie Classics♦ 'Gang War' (1958) Charles Bronson, Kent Taylor
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- 1958 | Approved | Crime, Drama | July 1958 (USA)
Stars: Charles Bronson • Kent Taylor • Jennifer Holden • John Doucette
A Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers. Not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate "big time".
So happy to subscribe; Bronson came up through the ranks from extreme poverty, serving his country in World War 2 , wounded in action. He was a true Legend deserving high praise 😊❤
Thanks for the sub!
Charles Bronson was a hell of an actor he was brilliant❤
Whenever I see Bronson playing the role of a timid and scared individual I can tell he’s acting because I don’t think he was afraid of anything except the coal mines. Thank you for this movie.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever read!!!
You got that right 😊
I met Mr Bronson and that man was a wolverine. You could feel how physically and mentally solid he was.
WOW! That opening sequence was pretty intense for a movie of this period. And the way that guy went down from the machine gun fire was quite realistic compared to the usual overly dramatic Hollywood death scenes. And those explosions were very violent too. I'm looking forward to watching this picture.
I truly enjoy this movie. thank you for letting me watch this great entertainment. CHARLES WAS EXCELLENT.
I have been a huge fan of Charles Bronson hiring out his movies on Video from my local store throughout the 80s and 90s. It is great to see his early movie roles for the first time including this one. Thanks for Posting this movie 🎥
Any thing with CB is great it was A great cast and plot as well thank you for bringing it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Good ol Charles Bronson, he had such depth in his acting. I like this Flick.
Charles is a goat of an actor theirs more but he’s one of them in a large circle of male actors
3:16 "You must getting lots of experience talking about us..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The dialog from these films ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is a pretty good movie. Much better than I thought it would be when I started watching. I has some fairly modern touches.
Wow what a flick 👍, what a cast and with Gene Fowler Jr. at the helm 😊 .... you're the best, Rob 🌟
Glad you liked it!
Wow what a gem of a movie!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks 👍👍👍
Glad you liked it!
Fantastic Christmas movie, A real classic.
What a wonderfully crafted film. The director knew
What he was doing. Great acting Charles Bronson was marvelous as always. If you guys want to see him in a great flick. Watch once upon a time in the west with charles bronson and henry fonda
Love these old gangsters movies no cussing adultery ,just good old fashion shooting and good and bad guys
Surprisingly strong, plays a little like a very good TV movie.
Oh man! This was a great movie.
Thanks for watching!
Love the part where the lady keeps singing the love song while the rival thugs slug it out.
Love a Charles Bronson! 💕
The scene at the end with the piano player and singer doing a song while the hoods were beating the crap out of each other is the funniest thing I have ever seen in a movie!!:) I have had gigs like that......
LOL...Just thinking the same thing. What a mess..
Oh...Hysterical ! My mind went directly to the home invasion scene from Clockwork Orange where Malcolm McDowell is running amok and 'Singing in the Rain'!?!? Kubrick thought it was the greatest improvisation he'd ever seen from an actor, lol.
The irony of that scene . . . love song being sung while a fist fight going on! I think I would have skedaddled out of the house a lot faster.
Yes, totally agree! But who is the singer??? Searched everywhere but can't find her name in the credits. Or anywhere else. It's one of the best renditions of You'll Never Know that I have heard --- the list of artists who have covered it reads like a Who's Who in the recording business. But who is this singer???
Yeah, loved that scene and your comment, as I am a veteran of bar bands.
Nice one Rob. Never saw b 4. Thx again.
You're welcome Billy!
Great movie thanks for posting it got me through another day living in America with watching in real time the abuse of my Dad by Virginia Beach government this post help take my mind off the abuse for awhile.
So glad it helped!
They had a mass shooting there by a civil engineer who worked for the city government: 11 employees killed.
So this is the one that started it for Bronson. Good movie.
Bronson a real deal film star !
A great movie with a great cast.
If those two are professionnal killers, I do the job myself !
The film could have been called "Merry Christmas", the "noir" irony would have been more blatant.
The screenplay is good, the direction mediocre, but the main quality of the film resides in Charles Bronson. His raw beauty is particularly moving in this tender, sensitive role, far from the characters of scoundrels, gangsters, avengers without qualms that he has played so much.
To review especially for him and for the building of Capitole Records... that we see twice in the scenery
Many thanks for sharing.
Great comment! Thanks for watching!
Is there any production that does not include John Doucette?
"Man With A Camera 📸". TV series from 1958 - 1960.
He played a tough guy freelance photographer.
Watched those here on YT as well…
thanks!
Welcome!
This is darn similar to "Death Wish" 1974 !
What they do have in common is...Charles Bronson. This movie is full of good "action", but, unlike most of other CB's movies, there is much left to be desired when it comes to how the plot is convincing. It's completely unbelievable that police did not put his home under 24 hour surveillance, to begin with...
Good solid movie and story,
Glad you liked it!
Good film.
I SAW CHARLES BRONSON IN HIS CO-STARRING ROLE AS CHARLES BUCHINSKY IN "HOUSE OF WAX" THEN IN " MAGNIFICENT 7 " AND "THE GREAT ESCAPE " AND FROM THERE INTO TOP-CLASS MOVIES. HIS ALL-TIME CLASSIC WAS " ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" DIRECTED BY SERGIO LEONE WITH SUPER STARS HENRY FONDA
Good Movie, early Charles Bronson even in 1958 he was already what he later became known for. "Machine Gun Kelly" was another Charles Bronson film
from 1958 I actually prefer the young Charles Bronson he had it even then.
"Gang War" is almost pre-"Death Wish".
Such beautifully believable characters - great crisp writing, of a direct-drive plot - God, I LOVE 1950s films when directors and actors related to REALITY not a cartoon tech world or fantasy crap. THIS film is "Breaking Bad" gong in reverse - the teacher arms himself against the corrupt world around him intent to restore order. It's the Bronson central character (Death Wish series) being assembled right here.
Well said!
Banacek's chauffer at time 2:36 Ray Drury. At 10:51 the guy who played the cop in the previous film "Man Afraid"
So this is what helping the cops gets you. No cops were harmed fictionally or in reality in the making of this film.
Paul Kersey even lived an interesting life before becoming a vigilante.
The stupid man in this film is a bad husband and horrible father. It's one thing make yourself a target for the syndicate, but when you have a wife who's with child, you can't subject them to this evil. The bad guys are liable to take the wife hostage or worse. At best, they kill the father and the poor widow is left alone with the worst situation imaginable, and the child will be destitute and fatherless. Does it escape this guy that the killing he witnessed was itself the killing of a witness? It seems to me they could make a film where every witness killed is witnessed by another witness who is killed, and on and on.
Isn't it amazing how many actors play Italian Mobsters who aren't Italian!
Amazing actor, that Charles Bronson. Bronson was a self respecting man among real tough men in real life. WW2 decorated. No need for candy.
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Terrific early Bronson in a starring role. I wonder if this was the inspiration for 'Death Wish'?
Bom filme. Bom roteiro. Grata por postar.
When criminals kill each other it's usually a win for society.
Very true!
If only we could have war between the CIA, FBI, NSA, DOJ, and Homeland I InSecurity. That would cover all bit the Wall Street and political criminals.
Always a win. Their gone and the state is saved a trial
The book of this film was written by Ovid Demaris, who also co-wrote " The Green Felt Jungle", a great book on the Mafia in Las Vegas in the 1950,s and 1960's.
Gloria Henry ... Edie Avery.
Was "Dennis the Menace's" mom.
Barney Phillips ... Police Lt. Sam Johnson.
Was a Martian in the classic Twilight Zone episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (1961).
Right on 👍
The famous Venusian of The Twilight Zone ("Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?").
Also, Charles Bronson starred in The Twilight Zone episode "Two" about the aftermath of a nuclear war.
And the Doc on 12 O'clock High, francor 27.
@@james_t_kirkwith Elizbeth Montgomery, Captain.
Hey, what about the Federal Firearms background check at that pawn shop?
Let me think 🤔 ! Charles Bronson is going to testify at a big trial. So, what did the cops and press do ? What else ? Made sure his name and face made front page! 😂😂 ! Help !!😮😮
Now we know where the "Death Wish" saga began.
4:32 The Capitol Records Building ! From just the first six minutes it's easy to see how Charles could grow-up to be a vigilante.
The best filme I had seen
Boson,good actor good film's, god vibes peeps enjoy I gonna, peace...
Good movie. 16 years later we see Paul Kersey.
Pretty bloody at the Maxie pad there at the end.
What the hell is a noose paper???😂😂😂😂😂
Looks like somebody looked back at this movie and got the idea for his "Death Wish" movies
They must of had a 'Death Wish' messing with Charles Branson 😅
Car roof chase scene was unique
Good acting from Bronson, and from all the others actors, too. He looks better without that crummy mustache.
Gang War (1958) 6.1
A Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers. Not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate "big time".
22:00 nice to see Joe Friday's partner made Captain, but where is Friday ?
That’s going way back.
Webb is out on another case with Ben Alexander.
These guys really knew how to treat women.
Charles Bronson was born with a gun in his hand.
Revolver with a suppressor....uh...no. wont work. Space between cylinder and barrel. Oh, Hollyweird.
Music by Paul Dunlap (I was a Teenage Werewolf).
What mob car trunk would be complete without a shovel
Poor Edie!😢
he drops his gun at the crime scene ???
This film must have inspired the "Deathwish" films.
He told David McCallum iam taking your wife Jill ireland he did and narried her
just cause the pills were in the phone booth doesn't mean he made the call, could have left the pills there before call was made or afterwards, I know he made the call, but that is not proof
Not to be too picky, by why does a young couple have 4 ovens in their kitchen???
Isn’t that the truth when his wife was being murdered their nowhere to be found but when the husband is ready to avenge his wife’s death there they are.
Jennifer Holden.👍
Love how the police captain is corrupt! Like now. Like then!
Bronson tinha muito talento.
Era forte mas de estatura mediana, não era exatamente um adonis, mais seu rosto tinha as marcas da força. Seus primeiros papeis como protagonista não eram faceis. Seus personagens eram reflexos de sua propria perdonalidade. E atuou muito bem.
1:09:43 worse Christmas tree ever
Not a bad movie.
Good movie... very soft shit ending though.
Dennis the Meanace’s Mom, Gloria Henry.
"How are you gonna get any culture if I do all the reading?" Maybe the neighbors would knock on the door if he wasn't blasting gunfire & sirens gangster movies on the tv.
little did he know the baby she was carrying was Dennis the Menace
What a cheesy movie. I enjoyed it.😆
Kent Taylor ... Bryce Barker - Meadows' Attorney...
Anyone who was taught in school how to think and deduce knows crime exists because of dirty police and politicians. Thats a fact. While I enjoy this type of movie I hate people do this and get away with it
The title Gang War is too exaggerated and inappropriate.
It should be Gang Game or Gang Folly.
Does anyone know who sang, You'' Never Know?
Abby Lincoln.
@@dwightpowell6673thank you, but I don't think that Ms. Lincoln sang in this movie 1:07:11 she would have been 18 when this movie was made.
Very basic and mediocre writing and filming. Only Bronson saves this from total obscurity. It's amazing the difference great writing and direction make on a film's quality.
His wife is pregnant and smoking
So did the doctors...in every film noir they were constantly smoking.
Great North Country Hero / Laid to Rest in Southern VT
Is it just me or does this movie remind you of Death Wish????
Warning indelicate alert: CB at the sink and Wife quip about the water bill; I had a Secretary once her cure for migraine was to chug a big plastic tumbler of room temperature tap water to induce a vomit, migraine gone.
The Origen of Paul Kersey.
Good pace but alotta stupid characters
Especially the crooked police captain who gave out the identify and house address of the star witness!
5:54
Atte: joe Biden 🎉
LOL
B movie: good cast, weak script.
Movie was phony to start. The criminals didn’t put the body in a Lincoln Continental or a Coupé DeVille.
They put the body in a '57 Lincoln sedan. In '57, the Continental was a very exclusive, expensive, limited-production 2-door coupe. For '58, 'Continental' became a higher-trim, edition of the standard Lincoln.
B movie.
sous tires lamentables