Synopsis

Chicago, the final week of April, 1933. Frank Nitti was presented with a substantial quantity of Chinese opium. Since the establishment of the Bureau of Narcotics in 1930, the flow of opium from China to the United States had dwindled to almost nothing; by 1932, it had effectively stopped. Now, with the anticipated end of Prohibition drawing near, the Syndicate prepared to re-enter the opium trade. Late on the night of May 4th, Nitti dispatched one of his most trusted men, Ed Getty, to collect t