Product Details

• Actors: William L. Cassidy, Oscar Goodman, Anthony LaPaglia
• Directors: Paul Wilmshurst
• Writers: Paul Wilmshurst
• Producers: Gary Johnstone, Kaki Kirby, Stuart B. Rekant
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Winstar
• VHS Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1572523220
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,559 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Mob Law is a scintillating portrait of Las Vegas attorney Oscar Goodman, who has led a charmed life representing the mob. Narrated by Anthony LaPaglia, Mob Law features interviews with Oscar’s friends and family, including the mobsters he’s represented and the FBI agents who have tried to entrap him.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conflict of Interest?, September 1, 2000

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William L Cassidy (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mob Law [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Perhaps there is an inherent conflict of interest in this review. I appear in this documentary and know the principal subject, Oscar Goodman, quite well. Yet, because of my intimacy with the film, an equal argument could be made that I am in a unique position of being able to judge just how accurately Wilmhurst captured Mayor Goodman and the City of the Living Elvis. "Mob Law" is a study of former Mob attorney and now Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman (filmed considerably prior to Goodman's election). The work examines his belief in vigorous criminal defense as an important constitutional safeguard, and sheds light on the world view of a few of his more colorful clients. Shot in traditional BBC style - the work's principal technical merit is the use made of light - the surprise comes in editing. I rather suspect Wilmhurst has studied Wong Kar-Wai in that regard. Has the work captured Las Vegas? Certainly, and with an insider's depth of understanding. Has it captured Goodman? Considering that Oscar is a character so complex that he played himself in Scorsese's "Casino," it cannot have been an easy task, but I believe Wilmhurst did a superb job. Does the work push the documentary envelope? I leave that for you to judge. If you are interested in a view of Las Vegas obtainable in no other fashion, then Mob Law succeeds admirably.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What Mob?, February 21, 2007

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Joe Huggins (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mob Law [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When accused of being a mob lawyer, Oscar was famous for saying "what mob?" This was often interpreted as implying that there was no "mob." It could also just as easily have been interpreted to mean "which mob?" Now, years later, his participation in Mob Law seems to answer both questions. It was a good video, and a must see for local Las Vegans. The music in the film was excellent. It brought an eery loneliness to the film, as well as a kind of an impending doom to the whole production. That is not to say that Mob Law was not also comical in places. I recommend it.