execution-style

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/4/2012 12:30 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>Gangland-style seems to refer to an execution in a public place, usually
>with a Tommy gun, and is easily traced back to 1930, and I would think
>earlier.

Some Like It Hot?  Which is set in 1929 (the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre).

Joel

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