Gangster Story (1959) [Crime] [Drama]

If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe: goo.gl/0qDmXe | A mobster is hiding from the law in a small town and he's running out of money, so he robs a bank and rakes in some big bucks. However, now, not only are the cops after him, but so is the local mob boss who is jealous that an outsider pulled such a job in his territory, and especially without giving him a piece of the pie.
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Directed by Walter Matthau, produced by Jonathan Daniels (producer) and Wayne Mitchell (associate producer), written by Richard Grey (story), Paul Purcell (writer) and V.J. Rheims (story), starring Walter Matthau as Jack Martin, Carol Grace as Carol Logan, Librarian, Bruce MacFarlane as Earl J. Dawson, Garry Walberg as Adolph, Raikin Ben-Ari as 'Plumber' a Hood, David Leonard as Bank President W. Palmer, John Albright as Henchman and Clegg Hoyt as Caretaker at Country Club.
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Source: "Gangster Story" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 1 February 2013. Web. 17 March 2013. en.wikipedia.or....
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[@adriansmith9424]

Timeless Classic Movies

[@gabbyhyman1246]

Met Walter while working on sets in the 60s. A fantastic guy who loved to play cards and laugh with everyone. Class act all the way. RIP.

[@uncatila]

He'd still be alive today if he had made it to Mexico

[@charlesdowns1691]

i may just watch tonight+ i have it on here and dvd. cool!!

[@LzaM-fp3ww]

The guy from 'Grumpy Old Men' My favorites:;)❤

[@fastcars77loop89]

Sure. And now your stuck watching KZbin

[@jimervin387]

I just had to watch it for the cars if nothing else. "58 Chevy ragtop. '57 Chevy ragtop, early '50s Hudson Hornet, '51 Ford woody wagon, '51 Ford Tudor. '57 Ford cop car. Cars were so easy to identify in those days. Matheau showed a touch of his comedic style in this film as well. Filming a movie? Where's the cameras, the cops should have asked.

[@santinowilliams693]

Too bad no Ford Fairlanes😞 but hey at least we got Andrew Dice Clay Oh!!!!!!👍

[@theatomicclap5328]

Sameo buddy also help relax my brain too

[@hermanlewis7589]

great. 🎥

[@MohamedSherif-vb2sz]

Jim Ervin , I watch such movies, just to see the way of life they live. Sure one of those things: cars! But I must say that black and white movies are special and atractive.

[@dalebrion4876]

Its a rehearsal

[@alaingingras7224]

These movies blast away some of today's,which have many,many , special effects! No need for them here!!!

[@TryHarderYouTube]

Yeah the cars are nice but this movie was awful in every way.

[@dfsengineer]

Apparently Matheau was nearly broke when he came across the script for this film. He bought it for next to nothing and then churned out the film as fast as he could to make a few bucks. Some of the "sets" are the homes of the crew (non-union).

[@michaelwertzy9808]

At least spell his name correctly, dip

[@catchaser52]

Starring and directed by Walter Matthau ? and the intro song is,, " The Itch For Scratch ", how cool is that ?

[@MrShobar]

Carol Grace (the librarian) was Walter Matthau's wife.

[@mashaivanova1125]

"what do you do for work?" "oh, Im a bank robber." "cool, I can give you a job." what the hell.

[@TROGULAR10000]

i thought that part was pretty cool actually. at that point in the movie I was thinking it was set in the time of Factotum.

[@PurpleCloud619]

LMFAO! 😂

[@rodneypartridge4402]

Hi masha, yer cute. And you like film noir. My name's karl..this is rodney's phone. I'm bored. See ya. Karl.

@@michaelwertzy9808 That's too funny!!

[@qtallenandrews3715]

Matthau Jr. sold me a 95 Chevy Corsicca in LaCrescenta.

[@jettrink7510]

Police wouldn't be that naive... even in 1959

[@horsegoggles]

I like the vintage shots of Orange County. OC was spectacular in the 50's. The acting was almost like that of industrial films of the period and earlier. Had a little trouble with the mix of cars the gangsters drove. Acting and directing are bad, but it has value. I thought the picture quality was good, probably because it didn't get a lot of wear in theaters.

[@sgtcaco]

Loving old movies,they seem so entertaing for reasons I do not know.

[@cornelieusfields2062]

They keep it real. The acting is real to life with feeling. They got style and class. Now they act to get paid. Now you know.

[@mikethomas5231]

@@cornelieusfields2062 Yep!! 👍👍👍🍺.

[@jessewolf7649]

Black and white cinematography. No method acting. No PC bullshit. Excellent writing. Feminine women.

[@bobgreen1272]

TCM== THANK YOU FOR I'VE BEEN LOOKING EXACTLY FOR GOOD SCREEN AND SOUND!!!

[@ReverendRicktaScale]

Quirky but entertaining. The classic cars are great to see again. Better than most of the crap on tv these days.

[@WINGGULLSEAGULL]

Enjoyable flick Walter Matthau is great in this & it's refreshing to see the cars. Takes me back to my kid days when those old rides were everywhere. '57 & '58 Chevy ragtops rock & I miss the old chrome mobiles.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Yah got unleaded jet fuel for my old mule?

[@chipsramek3868]

That's what Buena Park looked like when I was a kid...Knotts Berry Farm was my hang-out in the 60's...real California girls everywhere !

[@pepepombal6448]

The right length, straight forward action and story to tell. That's what cinema is all about.

[@snookslayer4559]

Love Walter Matthau, but that was awful. Ridiculous thefts, librarian falls for bank robber upon first meeting, fellow crook turns him in to the FBI because "he knows too much" ? What? Throw in cornball writing and it was just terrible. I bet even Walter would admit that was trash.

[@evergreenthuja5275]

17:18 Hey Mister, Your Rear Tire's Flat . . . it can't be . . . Yeah ! FLAT ON THE GROUND ! 🤣 🤡 🤪 bah dum ting ! ( i'll see my way out now )

[@dexterbernard2701]

This seems to be an earlier version of Matthau's "Charley Varrick"(73)

[@PabluchoViision]

That is one hell of a movie. Matthau is great, Joe Don Baker is a villain for the ages, there’s suspense you can cut with a knife &the plot keeps you guessing right up to the end.

[@janjerge1484]

@dexterbernard2701 - THANK YOU so much for your comment!! I also saw the similarities!! I've been trying (for a long time now) to remember the name of that movie - Charley Varrick - but the name eluded me!! I saw it MANY YEARS ago in the theater, & thought that was one of his best movies ever, but I couldn't remember the name!!

[@jerrymarks8322]

That's the worst seen i ever saw even the cops were not that stupid or the viewers no cameras and while he robs the bank the cops just sit outside

[@Truth379]

Thank you for the Classic films :))

[@ShakespeareCafe]

Most preposterous ploy in film but it’s still Walter Matthau

[@MrShobar]

Filmed in Anaheim, California.

[@qtallenandrews3715]

Some scenes look like San Pedro.

[@molonlabe8792]

The problem is I hate Walter Matthau. Yeah, I know. He's not crazy about me either.

[@ToyKingWonder]

Hard to watch. Terrible shot composition. Felt like the whole thing was dubbed. Score odd and too loud. No wonder I never heard of it.

[@franklehane7195]

I thought so! This was filmed around Anaheim (see Anaheim PD arm patches on cop uniform at film start, Buena park and Corona Del Mar, California in the old days.

[@jdawg55598]

Mine to whittier ca

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I thought it was a great film too - some wonderful outdoor shots such as the car park with those oversized cars they had then!

[@bobsaturday4273]

this one sure starts out with a bang , great band and Ted Stanford singin "itch for the scratch" music & lyric by Barr & Bloomberg

[@YooTuba]

Thanks for posting this. Awful script and acting, but great retro interiors and vintage cars.

[@theslavepsychology]

This is kinda blah

[@wandajames6234]

Really? Cops were that gullible?? Even if they were just rehearsing there would be a lot more people involved at the location... silly.

[@PhilEbel]

The prototype for "Charlie Varrick".

[@thelifeofeli1]

awful movie

[@enriquelaroche5370]

I worked for the company that made the vault and no it does not work like that. That Vault was protected by an alarm a Federal Grade A alarm

[@YooTuba]

They didn't meet on the set, they met several years earlier when both of them were in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" on Broadway. Matthau had a leading role and Carol had a small part as a secretary named "Miss Logan" (which incidentally is also her name in this movie). "Gangster Story" was directed by Matthau and obviously done on the way cheap so I'm sure getting his wife the role wasn't too difficult.

[@peekaboots01]

is this supposed to be a comedy? who would fall for that even back then?

[@ergbudster3333]

The theme song is a laugh riot. Ever heard such cornball crap in your entire life?

[@jennfaire154]

Great classic scenery of old OC.

[@slash4real872]

Cool old Hollywood

[@theenforcerbadguy6566]

Matthau was a very good actor!R.I.P.

[@TROGULAR10000]

my cat's a better scriptwriter and i'm a better gangster. i have no such librarian citrus plantation heiress devoted lady friend however. what gives?

[@dalebrion4876]

Early crossing the border after a score movie, and anti snitching code.

[@detroiter4eva]

How in the hell did he know to go to the Race Track to find this fool? What did I miss?

[@dennisduran8500]

Oscar we're having Frank's and beans!

[@JM-xr4zs]

Must have gotten those handcuffs at a toy store. 😀

[@mookmookman]

This has to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. Unbelievable how bad this movie is

[@johnsimpson6181]

I grew up with these cars.

[@Kidraver555]

Not the best camera work or direction, kind of flat transitions etc.

[@archstanton_live]

An itch for scratch. Love Walter Matthau.

[@bleakhouse5646]

This was before he moved in with Felix.

[@kittyscratchesboo]

I have always liked Walter Matthau since I was about 6 years old when my father took me to see "The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three". I will remember as Lt. Zach Garber with the bright cool yellow tie & the plaid shirt and particularly at the end when he catches Martin Balsam (who talks crap about a man's rights and sneezes" and Garber goes "Gethunseit" and Garber had alway had to say this while he was talking to the train robbers and he return to the the guys apartment w/ that look on his face

[@thamnosma]

This has the feel of the original Night of the Living Dead without the zombies. Can’t make ‘em for less than this one was, at least with film. Maybe Walter went into hock with the film lab to get it done.

[@g.h.1472]

Its the crazy riguard for cops. Walts wife thats cool info. the movie has a nice style its him smart an fast hustler type. You go to the post office an you spot a wanted poster. Mrs. matt is not a bad looker in her day. B/W flick just adds a nice touch. That plain clothes cop playing cards looks familiar. Trucks moving to fast, always take it easy. Should have had two trucks an the boss told him make the call dont use a gun.

[@jluna4874]

The only good thing about watching this movie, is the scenery and the 1957 Chevys Cars

[@timothy8017]

That's a B Movie? It's kinda genius.

[@kennyc388]

Awful.

[@aspenrebel]

I think that woman is really Walter Matthau's wife. Didn't the credits say Carol Grace.? Married 1959 until his death in 2000.

[@edwardstevens1438]

Practice, for "Charlie Varrick".

[@dexterbernard2701]

That's what I got from reading the plot

[@mikedunkle6709]

MST3K bound

[@scottmckay9535]

You must be a conniseur of bad films. Kudos.

[@cvb7651]

Quirky and artistic in its own way. Loved the real locations.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Worst casting in Hollywood history - Walter Matthau as a straight-faced gangster.

[@jessewolf7649]

Worst critique on the internet

[@billywalkabout5076]

Where are the fucking cameramen

[@snackcakeman]

Worth watching

[@jimmason1072]

Is this a B or C or D movie.......

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

the guy singing the opening song had so much freaking vibrato that my smartphone was shaking on its tripod!

[@irish66]

The synsopsis reminds me of Charley Varrick

[@malkaringel7864]

wonder why they enter the car from the passenger side? I love me some solidly built old model cars.....what a treat. Enjoying this film n had a few 😅 laughs. thanks for this gift. Very enjoyable.

[@illuminatianonymous9420]

Malka Ringel It was safer to get in from the curb.Those big doors opened half way into the lane and got smacked quite often. The front seats were bench seats so it was easy to slide over.Not many cars had bucket seats.

[@alcoholfree6381]

Why can’t something happen to me like what happened to Walter where he meets a woman who likes him and they have fun together. I wish him well, may the stupid FBI fall flat on their faces!! It is a comedy.

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

.2

[@richardbowes6897]

Matthau was good in Charlie Varrik .

[@linguatonica9782]

richard bowes have you watched "taking Pelham 123"? They made also a remake with Denzel Wash..., acting in the same role,a couple of years ago. Don't miss mr.Matthau's look at the very end of that movie:it's one of the typical expressions that made him unforgettable.Enjoy it.

[@dead-endjobproductions5259]

So, I assume his "talents" are finding idiot cops and security guards to manipulate?

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

Wow, Walter certainly didn't know how to direct. Yeeeesh. The shots are off kilter, framed poorly, and the overdubbing is excruciating.

[@joeallegra4778]

This is simply to funny to watch, love Mr. Matthau's work and enjoy his timeless comedy.

[@victoranthony9037]

he was a great actor but a horrendous director

[@chiefslief1886]

God I love me a good old gangster movie❤👍🏻always with that fitting beautiful music on the background ❤

[@brentarnold777]

I've got an itch for scratch!

[@soists2558]

A modest question: Where is the film crew? Three policemen watching an alleged shooting of a film but no cameraman, no director, no script girl, no lighting, no microphones, no boom operator, no you name it. Rehearsal or no rehearsal, not even the director is there. But despite its unlikely plot I liked the film nonetheless, since Walter Matthau is in it. Negligently throwing a moneybag on the back seat and telling the cops: "This thing is getting out of hand", or "Mary Harper-Lewis? Oh, I don't particularly care for her style of writing" (books on gardening, that is.

[@markfcoble]

Good one. Budget!

[@jameslucas6589]

One of the cheapest ways to film is to film first without sound and loop sound, music and dialogue in later. Almost all films loop something. But this is 100% looped. On the other hand, Rex Harrison sang along with the accompanying orchestra filmed live in My Fair Lady. It can be done. It just requires talent. Today’s singers can’t perform live no matter what.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Cool opening music.

[@raymondcancel7011]

i don't know never like Walter Matthau! I';; see if Grace is any good as an actress! Maybe she can bring some grace to the movie!

[@craigroberts6439]

Production quality reminds me of the original “ Night of the Living Dead”. It’s pretty bad but for some reason I sort of liked this pretty awful movie. Hope these people all got their money back for the acting lessons.

[@raymondcancel7011]

I could watch it for the cars but I can't stand Walther Mathew!

[@richarddixon7855]

Radley Metzgar is credited as the Film Editor. His own films made during the following decade are artistic and unique.

[@equalopportunityoffender6732]

I like a lot of cheese on my ham sandwich ! ;) I'd like to have the "57" Chevy drop top, as well as the "naughty" librarian.

[@inurafacititia7352]

Can you imagine having one of those - OR Any of those old classics. It is said once they drop the barriers with Cuba - Americans can buy back lots of those old cars. Everyone in the World deals with Cuba but the U.S. And there is No Such Thing as the Soviet Union.

[@illuminatianonymous9420]

Les More I took my driving test at 17 yrs. old in a 1957 Pontiac in 1965. We couldn't afford a new car back then but that V8 was a monster ride.

[@jonnieinbangkok]

I'm pretty sure the security guard in the country club scene 47:00 is a young Vic Tayback, the chef in the '70s sitcom "Alice."

[@ludditeneaderthal]

Is the uniformed pinnochle player a young Vic tayback? Edit: according to imdb, it certainly is, lololol

[@soists2558]

The vintage cars are a feast for the (older) eye. And @17:50 an early Volkswagen beetle. In 1959. Vanguard, trailblazer. There were more to come.

[@marcbahn5487]

She should've heard that last police report as she was parking at the library. Or read it in the paper the paperboy just brought into the library.

[@mikethomas5231]

YEAHHH!! 😎 Love it!! 🍸☕🚬🌔🕧🚗🛣.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that Maurice Rosenblum was the sound mixer.🙄

[@tiredlawdog]

WOW that was a saggy dog story. I caught myself pulling for Matthau

[@brushcreek42]

Weren't the cops wondering where the cameras, crew, director, etc. were? I think it's best Walter Matthau stayed with acting. This must be a "B" movie made for drive-ins or else it was a very early made-for-TV movie.

[@qtallenandrews3715]

....What do you do? About what? What kind of work...I'm a bank robber...what else? Lol

[@michaelallport5816]

''.....or was it LA?" Sorry guys, NOBODY confuses LA with the ''The City.''

[@michaelallport5816]

Oh, fun flick.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

[@RAPINCITE]

That was the time for bank heists, these days if you do it just stupid.

[@joestrike8537]

Directed by Walter Matthau - the "Oscar Madison" Walter Matthau?!

[@MrKmanthie]

Great movie!!! Loved that "bank robbing' scene, complete w/the cops on hand, right outside the front door!! (Jack called 'em & said he was w/a filmmaking co.& they were going to be rehearsing a bank robbing scene & gave them the address of the bank, & told the sgt or whomever to send a few uniformed dicks down to be "extras" (lol) - so Jack goes right in, the manager rushes in - on cue, as Jack said he would, since he called & said someone had broken into the vault, said that he'd pull up & say "what happened?" and 1 of the cops were supposed to say "in there..." then he'd run inside, then Jack pulled his gun on him, they waited for the time-locked vault to open, then went inside & he stole (just one, damn, I would've taken at least 2 or 3!) a bag of money, walked casually outside, past the cops & says something banal about talking to the director, blah blah blah...and throws the $ in the car then takes off...whoosh! -so fuckin' smooth!!!

[@georgescheffler5249]

gee, why don't you .let people see the movie, You might have missed something.