--- title: 'The Gang That Couldn''t Shoot Straight (1971)' type: 'film' director: 'James Goldstone' released: '1971-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gang-that-couldnt-shoot-straight-1971' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067124/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) 1971 · 96 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is a 1971 American comedy crime film directed by James Goldstone and written by Waldo Salt, based on the 1969 novel by Jimmy Breslin, which, in turn, is based on the life of gangster Joe Gallo. The film stars Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro and Irving Selbst. It was released on December 22, 1971, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ## Credits - **Director:** [James Goldstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-goldstone) - **Screenplay:** [Waldo Salt](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldo-salt) - **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Grusin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-grusin) - **Producer:** [Robert Chartoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-chartoff), [Irwin Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-winkler) - **Director of Photography:** [Owen Roizman](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-roizman) - **Editor:** [Edward A. Biery](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-a-biery) ## Cast - [Joe Santos](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-santos) - [Despo Diamantidou](https://cinepixo.com/people/despo-diamantidou) - [Roz Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/roz-kelly) - [Burt Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-young) - [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro) - [Jerry Orbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-orbach) - [Frank Campanella](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-campanella) - [Michael V. Gazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-v-gazzo) - [Lionel Stander](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-stander) - [Jo Van Fleet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-van-fleet) - [Carmine Caridi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmine-caridi) - [Leigh Taylor-Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-taylor-young) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gang-that-couldnt-shoot-straight-1971 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1546983); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.