Movies and TvShows featuring "racketeer" theme.
Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption. In the fictional town of Garrison, New Jersey, a number of residents are NYPD officers. The local sheriff Freddy Heflin is secretly in love with Liz Randone, whose life he once saved after a car accident. One night, Murray Babitch, nephew of Lt. Ray Donlan, is involved in an accident that leads to him faking his suicide to avoid exposing the corruption of the other officers. Internal Affairs investigator Lt. Moe Tilden asks Heflin to provide information on the corrupt cops in his town, but Heflin is intimidated and reluctant to betray them. Despite the initial success of the cover-up, the corrupt cops eventually decide that Babitch must be killed. Heflin realizes his mistake and steals the case files on the corrupt cops, discovering the extent of their corruption. He brings Babitch to New York City to turn him over to Internal Affairs, but is ambushed and disabled. He manages to follow the corrupt officers to Donlan's house, where a shootout occurs. Heflin kills two of the corrupt officers and is shot in the shoulder by Leo Crasky, but is saved by the arrival of Figgsy. In the end, Figgsy and Heflin personally take Babitch to Internal Affairs, and after the scandal is investigated, Heflin goes back to work.
Bad Blood is a crime drama series that tells the true story of the Rizzuto family, an organized crime family in Montreal. The show follows the rise and fall of the family's patriarch, Vito Rizzuto, as he navigates the world of organized crime and seeks to maintain his power and authority. Filled with violence, murder, and intense rivalries, Bad Blood is a gripping portrayal of the underworld of the Canadian mafia.
Kill the Irishman is a true crime film based on the life of Danny Greene, an Irish-American mobster who becomes a prominent figure in the Cleveland mafia wars. The movie depicts Greene's rise to power, his rivalry with the Italian mafia, and his eventual assassination attempt.
Uncovers the extraordinary truth behind some of the Mafia's most notorious outlaws, and reveals how the FBI and law enforcement developed the techniques to crack the organization and bring it to justice. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Mafia, told by the people who brought it down.
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
Freebie and the Bean follows two mismatched police partners, Freebie and Bean, as they work together to apprehend a notorious hitman. Along the way, they find themselves in constant danger, facing car chases, fistfights, and a suspenseful hostage situation. As the investigation unfolds, they uncover a web of corruption and deception that puts their lives at risk.
A cinematic documentary series that explores the rise and fall of some of the most nefarious and notorious criminals brought to justice by the United States government. From thugs to lethal beauties, outlaws to kingpins, each episode profiles these gangsters and reveals their sinister motives, transgressions and the circumstances that eventually led to their downfall.
The Roaring Twenties is a movie that takes place during the 1920s and follows the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, a bootlegger involved in organized crime. The story focuses on his love triangle, his conflicts with rival gangsters, and his struggle to maintain his empire in the face of changing times and circumstances. As the Great Depression hits and the end of Prohibition looms, Gatsby finds himself caught in a web of betrayal, violence, and unrequited love.
The Public Enemy follows the rise and fall of Tom Powers and his best friend Matt Doyle, as they work their way up the ranks of the Chicago gangster underworld. Fueled by prohibition-era bootlegging and violence, Tom becomes a powerful crime boss. However, the consequences of his criminal lifestyle and the ruthless world he inhabits eventually catch up with him, leading to tragic consequences.
A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped.
After her daughter becomes engaged to a man from a wealthy family, a mother must pretend to be a lady to impress his judgmental father. With the help of a gangster and a reporter, she navigates a series of comedic obstacles, ultimately reuniting with her daughter just in time for a social reception.
The Long Firm is a miniseries set in 1960s London that tells the story of Harry Starks, a homosexual gangster who rises to power through the drug trade and other criminal activities. As his empire grows, he becomes entangled with corrupt politicians, drug dealers, and actors, all while navigating the complexities of his own personal life. The series explores themes of violence, revenge, and the struggles faced by the LGBTQ+ community during this time period.
In The Racket, a hard-boiled investigator battles against political corruption and organized crime in a Midwestern town. With the help of a newspaper reporter, he tries to take down a corrupt district attorney and a powerful racketeer. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of deceit and violence, leading to a thrilling showdown.
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
In this film noir classic, Frankie Madison returns to New York after fourteen years in prison, determined to find his ex-partner's hidden money.
A corrupt insurance investigator gets caught up in a web of greed, deception, and violence as he investigates an insurance scam involving a stolen bag of money and a femme fatale.
World for Ransom is a 1954 film noir where a private detective is hired to rescue a nuclear scientist and stop a crime syndicate from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The detective must navigate through a web of deception, kidnappings, and murder to save the scientist and prevent a catastrophe.
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
This movie shows the connections between the TV series 'The Sopranos' and a real-life New Jersey Mob. The story of the rise and fall of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family