03x21 Man in the Middle
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Robert Stack | As: Eliot Ness | |
Paul Picerni | As: Lee Hobson | |
Steve London | As: Jack Rossman | |
Walter Winchell | As: Narrator | |
Abel Fernandez | As: William Youngfellow |
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November 7, 1933. Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandits rake in $100,000 per week; ($50 per machine). One night, ""Moose"" Tobin and 3 other Bomer hoods drop in on Porker Davis' upstairs gambling joint. Tobin tells Davis that Bomer wants to teach him a lesson; the hoods chase everybody out of the joint. Then they start throwing the slot machines out the 2nd story window; when one of Davis' employees tries to stop them, the hoods throw him out the window. Ness and his men are on the case. 2 years ago, Ness had run the slot machines out of Chicago; now the slots are back. Joe Bomer, former kingpin in Capone's booze operation, now the czar of the multi-million dollar slot machine racket, calls Davis in for a meet. Bomer gives him a ""take it or leave it"" offer: from now on, Bomer is his 50/50 partner. Bomer also warns Davis: the machines take 30%; don't rig the machines so they take 50% or more, or the customers will stop playing. Bomer will supply 40 o
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Robert Stack |
Eliot Ness |
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Paul Picerni |
Lee Hobson |
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Steve London |
Jack Rossman |
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Walter Winchell |
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Abel Fernandez |
William Youngfellow |
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Nicholas Georgiade |
Enrico Rossi |
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