Finally the long-awaited LA organized crime flick The Gangster Squad featuring Sean Penn as Hollywood hood Mickey Cohen is being released by Warner Brothers a week early on October 12, 2012. reports Deadline Hollywood .
One can only hope the film has some semblance of authenticity. After all, those greedy coppers on the gangster squad were no heroes, they ran a mafia-style protection racket. They would Shake-down mob connected bookies on a regular basis. It was cough up the c-notes, or get shut down.