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In 1944, after Al Capone has been released from prison, J. Edgar Hoover assigns an FBI junior agent to insinuate himself into Capone's life, in the guise of a Catholic priest, so that Hoover can nail his mob confederates. Suffering the neurological effects of syphilis, Capone is alternately lucid -- full of the passion and energy that fueled his rise to the pinnacle of crime -- and a rambling, ranking, broken shell of a man released from prison to...
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Rock Island, Illinois -- 1929. Michael O'Sullivan is a good father and a family man -- and also the chief enforcer for John Looney, the town's Irish Godfather of crime. As Looney's "Angel of Death," O'Sullivan has done the bidding of Chicago gangsters Al Capone and Frank Nitti as well -- but when a gangland execution spells tragedy for the O'Sullivan family, a grieving father and his adolescent son find themselves on a winding road of treachery, revenge,...
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"Chicago, rok 1918. Sierżant Teodor Rucki dopiero rozpoczyna karierę w policji, ale brak doświadczenia nadrabia ulicznym sprytem i szybkimi pięściami. W polskiej dzielnicy ktoś podrzuca bestialsko okaleczone zwłoki, a na płocie i w pobliskim kościele maluje farbą anarchistyczny napis. Rucki rozpoczyna śledztwo, które prowadzi go przez najbiedniejsze i najniebezpieczniejsze rejony miasta. Morderca zabija kolejne ofiary w okrutny i teatralny...
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"Depression-era Chicago is awash in liquor and blood, ruled by guns, graft, and gangsters like John Looney. His most feared enforcer is Michael O'Sullivan, known as the “Angel of Death.” But when O'Sullivan's twelve-year-old son witnesses a gangland murder committed by Looney's brutal son, O'Sullivan's entire family is marked for execution to cover up the crime. O'Sullivan and his son find themselves on the run... and seeking vengeance......
6) Gangway
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Teodor Rucki wraca do Chicago po trzech latach tułaczki, żeby wykonać ryzykowne zlecenie. Jeśli mu się powiedzie, do Wietrznego Miasta popłynie strumień szmuglowanej whisky, a Rucki stanie się bogaczem. Jest tylko jeden problem: tę whisky trzeba najpierw ukraść bossowi włoskiej mafii Johnny'emu Torrio i jego prawej ręce, niejakiemu Dużemu Alowi Capone. Ale Rucki przybywa do Chicago też z innego powodu: w podejrzanych okolicznościach...
7) Gang land
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In the late 1970s, The Outfit has the entire city of Chicago in its hands. Tony Accardo is its fearless leader. Nicky Passero is his loyal soldier, though no one knows he has a direct line in to the boss of bosses. When the Christmas gift Accardo got for his wife, an inscribed bracelet with gold and diamond inlay, is stolen along with other items in a jewelry heist, Nicky is charged with tracking down and returning all of the items, by whatever means...
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