Handcuffed but grinning like he owns the sidewalk, Busted Smiling captures Jimmy Conway getting pinched with the same charm he used to run the game. This black-and-white canvas freezes the swagger of a man who knew the rules and broke them anyway. From the collar pop to the smirk, it’s pure mobster attitude with a courtroom date on the horizon.

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Robert De Niro studied real-life mobsters’ body language to perfect Jimmy Conway’s confidence. His smile during this scene was unscripted, adding an unsettling calm to the arrest.