Lawless Years - Volume 10: 4-Episode Collection

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.

Four The Hard Way: A professional gambler gets sucked into a crooked card game that may cost him his life.

Lucky Silva: After miraculously surviving an assassination attempt, a petty thug plots to bring the various gangs under his control.

The Morrison Story: A corrupt judge is murdered after his mistress exposes his illicit activities.

The Ray Baker Story: After a young woman dies during a wild party, Ruditsky must wade through conflicting reports of what really happened.

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