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Casinos Nevada Las Vegas Drama Criminal behavior New York (State) New York Drama Criminal psychology United States Drama Criminals New York (State) New York Drama Detectives New York (State) New York Drama Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Drama Hotels and motels Nevada Las Vegas Drama Mafia California Los Angeles Drama Man-woman relationship United States Drama Siegel, Bugsy 1906-1947 DramaSummary: If he hadn't been a gangster, he might have been honored on a postage stamp, as the Father of Las Vegas. When Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel ventured west with some of the Eastern mob's investment funds in the early 1940s, he fell in love with the movies, and a feisty moll named Virginia Hill. Siegel had a vision, which gave rise to an historic plan to transform Las Vegas from a sleepy, sand-choked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands down-on-his-luck Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi and The Boss. Slevin begins to be under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat. He finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get to them before they get him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Weinstein Company 2006
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LUCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LUCSummary: "On the mean streets on New York's Lower East Side, Drina hopes to save her brother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him?"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEASummary: Follow a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation, on the run and looking for a place to hide. He ends up hiding out with a reclusive rock superstar. It all leads up to a shocking final performance for the rock star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE PERSummary: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia. He comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008