Stranglehold

Summary Eliot Ness sets out to bring down Frank Makouris, who controls New York's Fulton Fish Market by intimidation and murder and who is responsible for the price of fish going up nearly 50%. Frank's boss, gangster Joe Kulak, tells Frank to lay low until Ness leaves, but Frank ramps up his terrorizing of the market, until Kulak is forced to throw a low-ranking hood to the feds as a sacrificial lamb in order to take the heat off himself. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out as planned.

S2.E27 ∙ Stranglehold

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Robert Stack Paul Picerni Walter Winchell Nicholas Georgiade

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Genres : Action Crime Drama

Release date : May 3, 1961

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions Langford Productions

Summary Eliot Ness sets out to bring down Frank Makouris, who controls New York's Fulton Fish Market by intimidation and murder and who is responsible for the price of fish going up nearly 50%. Frank's boss, gangster Joe Kulak, tells Frank to lay low until Ness leaves, but Frank ramps up his terrorizing of the market, until Kulak is forced to throw a low-ranking hood to the feds as a sacrificial lamb in order to take the heat off himself. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out as planned.

Details

Genres : Action Crime Drama

Release date : May 3, 1961

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Desilu Productions Langford Productions

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