British "geezer" = American "gangster"?

[Joel S. Berson]

I forgot to add:  When Inspector Barnaby does not recognize the name
of the actor, "Michael Smith", Sergeant Troy corrects his
pronunciation of it into what I'm assuming is an East End accent
(something like "Smwifth"?), and remarks that that's how he (Smith)
spoke -- presumably in the film just mentioned in the dialogue,
"Diamond Geezers".

Joel

I wrote:
>It wasn't clear to me, as the dialog on Midsomer Murders flashed by,
>whether "Diamond Geezers" was a reference to the title of the film
>that the murdered actor had appeared in, or to the members of the
>gang.  But the context clearly was that crime was associated with
>that film, so I thought it was worth posting.
>
>Thanks for the information that "diamond geezer" means "good
>fella"*, but can someone tell me what the character of the DVD's
>"Diamond Geezer" is?  And while I don't want to "require" Jonathon
>G. to do anything, I am curious about its appearance in MM.
>
>Joel
>
>* Just a pun; I'm not (re-)claiming any mob connotation for "geezer."

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