Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City
The message was simple: pay...or else!
March 20, 2009
128 min
✓ Released 6385 days ago
Crime
Documentary
History
About
The film shines a light on Kansas City’s less glorious past when it was a major distribution hub for heroin in the 1930s and 1940s. Black Hand Strawman explains how Kansas City’s Mafia exercised control over the Teamsters Union Local 41 from the 1950s into the 1980s.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Terence Michael O'Malley
Runtime: 128 min
Top Cast
Terence Michael O'Malley
Narrator
Bill Ouseley
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