The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

“wonderful...a great job...readable”—Canyon News

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Like a Wiseguy      1. Little Tough Guys      2. Taking Over the “Talkie” Racket      3. Mugs’ Gallery      4. Playing All the Angles      5. Crime Must Not Pay      6. Real American Killer      7. Whaddaya Hear? Whaddaya Say?      8. Bogie in Purgatory      9. Eddie G., Boss of the Biopic      10. Perilous Pard and That Bastard Bogart      11. The Black Bird      12. Whacking the Axis      13. Bogie and Baby      14. Protecting the Goods      15. Cagney Apocalypse      16. Three Wiseguys Who Knew Jack      Appendix: The Warners Bros. Wiseguys Films      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

“wonderful...a great job...readable”—Canyon News

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Like a Wiseguy      1. Little Tough Guys      2. Taking Over the “Talkie” Racket      3. Mugs’ Gallery      4. Playing All the Angles      5. Crime Must Not Pay      6. Real American Killer      7. Whaddaya Hear? Whaddaya Say?      8. Bogie in Purgatory      9. Eddie G., Boss of the Biopic      10. Perilous Pard and That Bastard Bogart      11. The Black Bird      12. Whacking the Axis      13. Bogie and Baby      14. Protecting the Goods      15. Cagney Apocalypse      16. Three Wiseguys Who Knew Jack      Appendix: The Warners Bros. Wiseguys Films      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

“wonderful...a great job...readable”—Canyon News

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Like a Wiseguy      1. Little Tough Guys      2. Taking Over the “Talkie” Racket      3. Mugs’ Gallery      4. Playing All the Angles      5. Crime Must Not Pay      6. Real American Killer      7. Whaddaya Hear? Whaddaya Say?      8. Bogie in Purgatory      9. Eddie G., Boss of the Biopic      10. Perilous Pard and That Bastard Bogart      11. The Black Bird      12. Whacking the Axis      13. Bogie and Baby      14. Protecting the Goods      15. Cagney Apocalypse      16. Three Wiseguys Who Knew Jack      Appendix: The Warners Bros. Wiseguys Films      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index