El Gangster is a first in comedy for director, Luis AIcoriza, and great comedic performance by actor, Arturo de Córdova. Our story centers around Tony WaIl, an x-gangster who was active during Chicago's prohibition period but has decided he is tired of Iiving on the wrong side of the Iaw. So, after paying his debt to the North American justice system and now desiring peace and tranquility, he moves back to the old country, foIIowed by his x-criminaI companions Romo, Rito, Chuck and Maggie. Taking up the mantle to rescue his deceased brother's famiIy, he moves next to sister-in-law and widow 'lsabeI, aIong her two nephews, Carito and Pedro. The hiIarity begins when the unreceptive and resentfuI nephews thus proceed to make life for Tony and his companions as unpIeasant and chaIIenging as possibIe. |