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Aug 27: Shootout in a Mafia movie
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@Multiplat_Mike

#TheUntouchables (1987)
Treasury agent Eliot Ness and George Stone by chance bump into Capone's accountant Walter Payne and some of his henchmen on the stairs of Chicago Union Station where a shootout ensues.

August 25. Betrayal?
Salvatore "Sal" Tessio was one of Don Vito Corleone's most trusted friends and caporegimes, ruling over the Corleone family's territory in Brooklyn.
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August 24. Set in Chicago?
The Sting - 1973
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

Aug 18: Money Laundering 💸
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@Multiplat_Mike

#TheAccountant (2016)
A forensic accountant who un-cooks the books for illicit clients launders his fees through cash businesses on a strip mall south of Chicago.
#BenAffleck #AnnaKendrick #JKSimmons #JonBernthal #JeffreyTambor #CynthiaAddaiRobinson #JohnLithgow

August 17. Car chase?
Ronin - 1998
IMHO, the greatest set of car chases on film. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 16. Italian food?
The Godfather - 1972
Heh, come over here, kid, learn something. You never know, you might have to cook for 20 guys someday. You see, you start out with a little bit of oil. Then you fry some garlic. Then you throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste, you fry it; ya make sure it doesn't stick. You get it to a boil; you shove in all your sausage and your meatballs; heh? And a little bit o' wine. An' a little bit o' sugar, and that's my trick. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 15. Wiretap?
Casino - 1995
The FBI was listening to every word. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 14. Asian mafia?
The Wolverine - 2013
Logan fights hundreds ninjas and regular bad guys who are probably part of a mafia-style organization. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 13. Jail Break?
White Heat - 1949
Gang leader Cody Jarrett lives for his mother, planning heists between horrible headaches. During a train robbery that goes wrong, Cody shoots an investigator. He goes to jail and then breaks out. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 12. Set in 1920s-50s?
Once Upon a Time in America - 1984
David "Noodles" Aaronson returns to New York, where he had a career in the criminal mob in the '20s and '30s. Most of his old friends, are long gone, feels his past is unresolved.
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Aug 11: Favourite Mobster Outfit
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@Multiplat_Mike

#TheUntouchables (1987)
Despite Frank Nitti being an impeccable dresser, neither his boss Capone or his love of white suits could save him from Eliot Ness.
While the rest of Capone’s henchmen in their traditional gray and tan overcoats are ultimately hapless mooks, Nitti stands apart as the “white knight” he thought could always rely on to get the job done.

August 11. Best dressed?
I'm making the case for Sonny Corleone. Lots of class. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 10. Hitman?
Peter "Pete" Clemenza was one of the two original caporegimes in the Corleone family. He is played by Richard Castellano in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation of the novel, and by Bruno Kirby in The Godfather Part II. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 8. FBI?
Catch Me if You Can - 2002
Carl Hanratty is the main antagonist of the 2002 biographical crime film Catch Me if You Can. He is the FBI agent determined to catch Frank Abagnale Jr., the film's protagonist villain. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 6. Crooked Cop?
Ragtime - 1982
James Cagney: New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo.
Very Crooked.
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@QuirkyFilms Reminds me of that scene from Home Alone, when Kevin watched the movie with the mobster with the tommy gun (how meta!)

Aug 5: Tommy Gun Or Six Shooter In A Movie
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Aug 5: Tommy Gun Or Six Shooter In A Movie
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@Multiplat_Mike

#BugsyMalone (1976)
Modified Tommy Guns (aka Splurge guns) with cream-filled pies for dramatic creamy splats.

August 4. Private Eye?
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - 1982
When a famous cheese maker dies in a freak car crash, she thinks he was murdered for his top-secret cheese recipes. To prove her theory, she hires detective Roy Reardon. #MikesMafiaMovieChallenge

August 3. Nightclub?
Goodfellas - 1990
The three-minute Goodfellas tracking shot that takes us into the Copacabana nightclub and proves Henry Hill’s gangster credentials.
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Coming this August #FilmMastodon
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See you there 😀