The mafia / produced by the Osterland Company and David Royle Productions in association with A & E Television networks ; series executive producer, David Osterland.
Traces the history of organized crime in the twentieth century, from prohibition to WWII to the Cold War to the time of JFK and up to the present day. Includes up-close profiles of some of the mob's most notorious figures, like Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, and Al Capone.
| Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
A & E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed by New Video,
2009.
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (650 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Disc 1. The prohibition years/Birth of the American Mafia
- The Kennedys and the mob
- Disc 2. Unions and the mob
- Empire of crime
- Disc 3. Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the mob
- Meyer Lansky: Mob tycoon
- Genovese: Portrait of a crime family
- Bugsy Siegel
- Disc 4. Al Capone and the machine gun massacre
- America and the mob: Wartime friends
- The Gambinos: First family of crime.