Gangster Squad: watch the trailer - video

A squad of LAPD detectives throw the rulebook out of the window in an effort to run Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) out 1940s Los Angeles. Ryan Gosling stars as a young recruit pulled into the squad by team leader John O'Mara (Josh Brolin).

• Gangster Squad is out in the UK on 11 January 2013

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