The Gangster (aka Low Company) is a 1947 American crime film noir starring Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring and Akim Tamiroff.

He has a girlfriend, Nancy Starr, a showgirl, and offers protection to a New York beachfront cafe owned by Nick Jammey.

Dorothy, the cafe's cashier, quits her job, disillusioned by Shubunka's involvement in the rackets and concern for no one but himself.

It is adapted by screenwriter Daniel Fuchs from his book Low Company, and much of its too arty nature is attributed by rumor to the uncredited role Dalton Trumbo played in the screenplay.

Though at times muddled, the script strives to maintain a deeper approach than such films as The Public Enemy or Al Capone.