1971 in Organized Crime - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • Equal Danger (novel) by Leonardo Sciascia.
  • The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (film) starring Jerry Orbach and Robert De Niro.
  • Shaft (film) starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn.
  • The French Connection (film) starring Gene Hackman.
  • Get Carter (film) starring Michael Caine.

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