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Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City

20092h 8mMovieCrimeDocumentaryHistory

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.

DirectorTerence Michael O'Malley

ProducerTerence Michael O'Malley

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Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Terence Michael O'Malley

Terence Michael O'Malley

Narrator

Bill Ouseley

Interviewee 1

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