Bombs, machine guns and a lead pipe – tough guys tried the lot on gangster Mickey Cohen but they could not kill him.
The tricky crime boss survived working for Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel before dying of natural causes.
At the height of his powers he drove around Hollywood in a bulletproof Cadillac and hung out with Frank Sinatra and screen goddess Lana Turner.
Cohen was played by Harvey Keitel in 1991 film Bugsy as a sidekick to Warren Beatty in the title role.
Now double Oscar-winner Sean Penn is to portray the lesser-known mobster in new blockbuster Gangster Squad.
