Synopsis

The year was 1932. Barely three weeks after Al Capone’s conviction on the bitterly ironic charge of income tax evasion, the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., summoned its top law enforcement officials from across the country. They were ordered to travel to the capital to provide testimony and push for the passage of a new Anti-Racketeering Bill. Meanwhile, in Chicago, four of Capone’s most prominent lieutenants – the key figures who managed his vast bootlegging operation – had fled, abando