Return to the violent years of the Prohibition Era in these true stories of New York’s notorious gangland bootleggers, bookmakers, thugs and killers – straight from the man who arrested them all. Based on the memoirs of Detective Barney Ruditsky, commanding officer of the city’s famed Gangster Squad, "The Lawless Years" focuses on organized crime and high-profile gangsters, as did "The Untouchables," which debuted the very same year.
Volume one episodes include
The Cutie Jaffe Story
The Dutch Scultz Story
Framed
THe Story of Lucky Silva
The Morrison Story
The Poisen Ivy Story
James Gregory,Vic Morrow
156 minutes, B&W, 1958-1959