The Lawless Years
Barney Ruditsky is a New York City police officer in the Roaring '20s who fights organized crime. The show was loosely based on the real-life Rudisky, who was a New York police officer during the period.
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"THE LAWLESS YEARS ran from 1959 through 1961, featuring James Gregory as police inspector Barney Rudisky, a real life cop telling how big crime names of the Roaring Twenties like Dutch Schultz, Maxey Gorman, Johnny Lucky, etc got caught and served life sentences or fried on the electric chair. The episodes are only around 26 minutes long but shortness makes them to the point and prevent your attention wandering. James Gregory, a very good supporting actor in non-TV films, would go on to play superbly the very opposite of Rudisky in corrupt Senator Iselin in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (US 1962)..."
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The technical advisor for every episode is Barney Ruditsky himself.
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Barney Ruditsky is a New York City police officer in the Roaring '20s who fights organized crime. The show was loosely based on the real-life Rudisky, who was a New York police officer during the period.