The Larry Fay Story

New York, April 1931. Gangster Larry Fay, a former student of Al Capone, has his greasy fists firmly in the milk racket: he's organized milk companies into a monopoly. The price of milk was 10 cents a quart* (this was during the Depression when many people made 30 cents an hour); he increases the price 3 cents a quart-- with 2 cents going directly into Larry Fay's pockets. Stores that don't comply are wrecked, or have a hand grenade lobbed through the front window; milk companies get their milk trucks machine-gunned. Fay's partners in crime are Carl D. Arnold and nervous Fred Stegler. And so Eliot Ness and his Untouchables go on assignment to New York. When Wayne Owens, who owns a small but successful milk company, won't cooperate, Larry Fay and his hitman Frankie toss him into an elevator shaft-- from 10 stories up. Ness is on the case. Larry owns a swanky nightclub, the El Fay, and the entertainer is Sally Kansas, the toast of New York. Ness talks to Sally; she has no hard fe

Un chef de gang dirige le racket du lait avec deux autres caïds tout en exploitant un cabaret animé par sa maitresse qui ignore ses activités. Toute opposition est éliminée définitivement ce qui met mal à l'aise un des deux comparses. Ness va harceler ce maillon faible.

La operación extorsiva de Larry Fay hacia la industria láctea se torna agria: su chica ha decidido convertirse en soplona.