The American Gangster background

The American Gangster

In the early 20th century, gangsters exploited changes in public policy to amass wealth and power, but ultimately met their downfall.

Program provides an historical archive of how gangsters took advantage of changes in public policy to gain wealth and power in the first half of the twentieth century and how they met their ends. The post World War I raise and fall of bank robbery gangs is briefly described.

Info about The American Gangster

Originally Released: United States, Jul 01, 1992

Genres:Crime, Documentary