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Which American Gangsters were the Spang Brothers in Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever (1956) based on?

Dragonpol · 2014-06-04 00:43:32

Anyone have any ideas on this? I'm thinking of real-world American (or indeed British) gangsters here specifically who could have influenced Ian Fleming to create the Spang Brothers of the Spangled Mob in Diamonds Are Forever (1956)? I know for instance that there was a British gangster of the 1950s and 60s called Jack Spot (I have a book on him) and that the Spangs' successor as leader of the Spangled Mob was called Jack Strap as seen in the Goldfinger (1959) novel. He is shot by Auric Goldfin…

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Ludovico

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I always found TSWLM more convincing and genuine than DAF as a gangster and "proper" crime story.

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