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* [[Sean Penn]] as [[Mickey Cohen]], the most powerful mobster in Los Angeles, with a reputation for sadism and ruthlessness, whose ultimate goal is to expand his criminal empire to major cities back East.
* [[Nick Nolte]] as Chief [[William H. Parker (police officer)|Bill Parker]], who forms the Squad to take down Cohen<ref name="Nolte">{{cite web |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/08/nick-nolte-joins-gangster-squad |title=Nick Nolte Joins 'Gangster Squad' |last=Fleming |first= Mike |date=August 29, 2011 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 14, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Emma Stone]] as Grace Faraday, Cohen's social etiquette teacher and quasi-lover
* [[Anthony Mackie]] as Lieutenant Coleman Harris, recruited into the Squad for his expertise in knife and gun fighting.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.slashfilm.com/anthony-mackie-joins-gangster-squad |title=Anthony Mackie Joins 'Gangster Squad' |author=Fischer, Russ |date=June 10, 2011 |work=[[/Film]] |access-date=September 13, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Giovanni Ribisi]] as Officer Conwell Keeler, an electronics expert who joins the Squad to help them plant wiretaps<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/07/giovanni-ribisi-joins-warner-bros-the-gangster-squad |title=Giovanni Ribisi Joins Warner Bros' 'The Gangster Squad' |date=July 6, 2011 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 13, 2011}}</ref>
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* [[Troy Garity]] as Wrevock, Cohen's top enforcer
* [[Holt McCallany]] as Karl Lennox, Cohen's bodyguard
* [[Sullivan Stapleton]] as [[Jack Whalen]], a gangster and Cohen associate who is friends with Wooters
* [[James Carpinello]] as [[Johnny Stompanato]], Cohen's right-hand man
* James Hébert as Mitch Racine
* [[Evan Jones (actor)|Evan Jones]] as Neddy Herbert
* [[Josh Pence]] as Officer [[Daryl Gates]], a rookie member and future chief of the LAPD
* [[John Aylward]] as Judge Carter, a judge on Cohen's payroll
* [[Jack Conley (actor)|Jack Conley]] as Eugene W. Biscailuz, the sheriff of Los Angeles County, tasked with protecting Cohen's gambling operation
* [[Jack McGee (actor)|Jack McGee]] as Lt. Quincannon
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The first [[Film preview|trailer]] for ''Gangster Squad'' was released on {{nowrap|May 9}}, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vespe |first=Eric |url= https://www.aintitcool.com/node/55574 |title=Growling Nick Nolte? Check. Foxy Emma Stone? Check. Tommy Gun Movie Theater shoot out? Check! Gangster Squad trailer hits! |work=AintItCool.com |date=May 9, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> In the wake of the [[2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting|theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado]], on July 20, it was pulled from running before films and airing on [[television]], and removed from [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s trailer site and [[YouTube]] due to a scene where characters fire [[submachine gun]]s at movie-goers through the screen of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.deadline.com/2012/07/warner-bros-paired-dark-knight-rises-with-trailer-of-gangster-shooting-up-movie-theater-which-studio-didnt-take-down-until-i-complained/ |title=UPDATE: Warner Bros Pulls Trailer Of Gangster Shooting Up Movie Theater |last=Finke |first=Nikki |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eonline.com/news/331872/gangster-squad-trailer-yanked-from-dark-knight-rises-following-colorado-shooting |title=Gangster Squad Trailer Yanked From Internet, Dark Knight Rises Following Colorado Shooting |last=Macatee |first=Rebecca |date=July 20, 2012 |work=[[E!|E! Online]] |access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref>
It was later reported that the theater scene from the film would be either removed or placed in a different setting, since it is a crucial part of the film, and the film would undergo additional [[re-shoot]]s of several scenes to accommodate these changes, which resulted in the film's release being moved to a later date.<ref name="InsideMovies1">{{cite web |last=Franich |first=Darren |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/25/warner-bros-pushes-gangster-squad |title='Gangster Squad: Warner Bros. pushing back release date |work=InsideMovies.EW.com |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref> About a week after the Aurora shootings, Warner Bros. officially confirmed that the film would be released on January 11, 2013.<ref name="WarnerBros1">{{cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/gangster-squad/075a4928-d88a-430d-a8ee-f623a0610423.html |title=GANGSTER SQUAD |work=WarnerBros.com |access-date=September 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731230902/http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/gangster-squad/075a4928-d88a-430d-a8ee-f623a0610423.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two weeks later, on August 22, the cast reunited in Los Angeles to completely re-shoot the film's main action sequence. The new sequence was set in a version of Chinatown, where the gangsters strike back at the Squad. Josh Brolin said he was not sad the original scene was cut and admitted that the new version was just as violent.<ref>{{cite web |last=Makinen |first= Julie |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-warner-bros-gangster-squad-to-2013-after-dark-knight-tragedy-20120725,0,1514533.story |title=Warner Bros. moves 'Gangster Squad' to 2013 after shooting |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-shooting-gangster-idINL2E8IQ94U20120726 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161027192625/http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-shooting-gangster-idINL2E8IQ94U20120726 |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 27, 2016 |title=Warner Bros. postpones 'Gangster Squad' movie after shooting |work=In.Reuters.com |date=July 27, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=The Associated Press |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/gangster-squad-release-date-pushed-back-january-film-draws-comparisons-dark-knight-rises-shooting-aurora-article-1.1122478 |title='Gangster Squad' release date pushed back to January after film draws comparisons to 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting in Aurora |work=NY Daily News |date=July 26, 2012 |access-date=September 14, 2012}}</ref>
==Release and reception==
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