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Go the the end of this movie 1 hour 7 mins + You will notice the SHOOTOUT is in a movie set for a Spaghetti Western town. In an interview with Richard Harrison he said "we were shooting a scene in a Western town movie set and another film crew was shooting a Western on the other side of the fake wall that we were using in out movie". I am sure this is the movie and the Western set he was talking about. watch it and see. The movie is a standard crime drama that has Larry running afoul of everyone he meets. Lots of car chases and action galore. Beautiful women abound. ONCE THERE WAS A GANGSTER is a psychological thriller about the effects that the murder of a father can have on the son. The shock of his Father's death causes introvert Larry Alfieri to turn to crime. He forms a gang and they take over the empire of a dead gangster whose widow declares vengeance. In the meantime, another gangster has teamed up with Larry's girlfriend, Paula and they decide to bump him off. Larry's dead father was a close friend of a high ranking Police officer who tries to save him and put him once more on the straight and narrow. There is a lot more to this film than pure gangsterism, gun battles and car chases..