Movie
The Bootlegger
2016
A sober, fact-driven retelling that reconstructs a violent maritime episode through testimony and declassified records, more instructive than gripping.
- Directed by
- Paul Madden
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Clay Edmund Kraski, Forest Quaglia, Connor Holden
- Tagline
- The deadly shoot-out between US Coast Guard and bootleggers that precipitated the end of Prohibition.
- Overview
- A rogue CG Commander plots to eliminate a rum runner and its crew. When his machine gun jammed, the Captain survived. Newly released military intelligence files disprove the long-held theories of this dramatic historic event.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Crime, violence, corruption, justice
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Paul Madden
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Clay Edmund Kraski, Forest Quaglia, Connor Holden
