About this season
The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind set set during the Roaring 20s, having predated ABC's far more successful The Untouchables by six months. The series stars James Gregory and Robert Karnes.
Episodes (9)
1. The Al Brown Story
Aired 1 October 1959
When a young hoodlum named Al Brown destroys a blind man's shop it puts Ruditsky on his trail. But it will be under another name in another city that Brown becomes notorious.
2. The Big Greeny Story
Aired 8 October 1959 • 25 min
When the trail of a murdered garment factor owner leads back to the notorious Lepke Buchalter he sends the htman responsible, Big Greeny, to stay in Los Angeles under the auspices of the equally notorious Bugsy Siegal.
3. The Art Harris Story
Aired 15 October 1959 • 30 min
Ruditsky goes after Art Harris, a racketeer who's muscled his way into the political scene in order to protect his organized crime interests.
4. The Billy Boy 'Rockabye' Creel Story
Aired 5 November 1959
Mob boss Bobo Konig puts a bounty of $50,000 on psychotic gunman Billy Boy Creel who immediately goes underground. Ruditsky then tries to find Billy Boy before Konig's killers do.
5. The Big Man
Aired 12 November 1959 • 25 min
Gangster Louis Otto was once a childhood friend of Ruditsky's. Now he's wanted for the murder of an underling.
6. The Joe Angelo Story
Aired 19 November 1959 • 30 min
A former union trucker who now owns a candy store is pressured by the Mob to leave New York City because he knows too much about their past labor racketeering activities. When he refuses to leave the city, the Mob bumps him off. The man's crippled son is the only witness to his father's killing.
7. The Billy Grimes Story
Aired 3 December 1959 • 30 min
Shortly after busting up a numbers racket, Ruditsky finds himself the target of a person or persons unknown.
8. The Sonny Rosen Story
Aired 17 December 1959 • 25 min
The Mob kidnaps the son of a millionaire and holds him for a ransom of $100,000. Or did they?