The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years

Crime 1959

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Barney Ruditsky is a New York City police officer in the Roaring '20s who fights organized crime. The show was loosely based on the real life Rudisky who was a New York police officer during the period.

Crime 1959

TV-PG

Starring James Gregory, Robert Karnes

EPISODE 1

Nick Joseph Story

Story of an ex con who makes a deal with police for a reduced sentence for a crime he committed.

26 min · Apr 16, 1959 TV-PG
EPISODE 2

Immigrant

Ruditzky helps an immigrant working with the mob to get rid of an illegal gun.

26 min · Apr 23, 1959 TV-PG
EPISODE 3

Jane Cooper Story

Jane Cooper may be on parole, but she intends to improve her status by ditching her nobody boyfriend for a wealthier gangster. As she moves up, she plays one man off another.

25 min · Apr 30, 1959 TV-PG
EPISODE 4

Cutie Jaffe Story

A bootlegger gets in trouble when he begins to hijack shipments.

25 min · May 7, 1959 TV-PG
EPISODE 5

Dutch Schultz Story

When New York Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey declares war on Dutch Schultz, describing the gangster as an "evil force that has to be destroyed," the Dutchman plots a hit on Dewey.

25 min · May 14, 1959 TV-PG
EPISODE 6

Lion and Mouse

A small-time mobster plans to revenge himself upon the gangsters who attacked him.

25 min · May 21, 1959 TV-PG

James Gregory

NYPD Detective Barney Ruditsky
Robert Karnes

Max Fields

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The Lawless Years

CRIME

Barney Ruditsky is a New York City police officer in the Roaring '20s who fights organized crime. The show was loosely based on the real life Rudisky who was a New York police officer during the period.

Information

Studio: NBC
Released: 1959
Rated: TV-PG