Lawless Years - Volume 9: 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.

MARIE WALTERS: A young woman is murdered after overhearing the details of a bootlegging operation.

NO FARE: Ruditsky discovers that the mob is killing taxi drivers who refuse to join their new union.

THE LION AND THE MOUSE : In a bid to make the big-time, a small-time crook impersonates a gang leader.

THE PAYOFF: An elderly mob boss and an ambitious up-and-comer find each other at odds.

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