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Moonshine

During the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Cub's father turns to moonshine to put food on the table. The local sheriff catches wind and threatens Cub with an orphanage and Pa with jail if he doesn't stop. It grows more complicated when a big-city mobster comes around and makes Pa an offer he can't refuse. Desperate for his father to live a legal life, Cub intervenes, with terrible results. His father injured, Cub is forced to grow up fast before things turn deadly.

You wouldn't want to be a Chicago gangster!

some dangerous characters you'd better avoid
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of a gangster in Chicago during the 1920s.

Dutch

Dutch is noted to be the most dangerous criminal to come up in the New Jersey in the last 30 years. Now he's on trial for allegedly masterminding what the press has dubbed "The Month of Murder", a brutal 30-day killing spree where none were spared.
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White heat

In his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.
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Little Caesar

A small-time Chicago hoodlum rises to criminal fame and power.
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Public enemy

Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers - one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster - that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
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Idlewild

Set in the Prohibition-era American South, a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend, not only with gangsters who have their eyes on the club, but also his piano player and partner Percival. Percival must choose between his love for Angel or his obligations to his father.

Midnight

a gangster love story
After Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he is sent with his mother to live in the United States, but on the streets of Brooklyn, Midnight remains true to his beliefs while attempting to reclaim his former wealth and protect his family, while attracting the lustful attention of a number of women.

Speak easy, speak love

"Six teenagers' lives intertwine during a summer of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, set in the era of Prohibition in the 1920s"--.
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