The Lawless Years (1959-1961)
The Poison Ivy Story
The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16, 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind, set during the Roaring 20s, having antedated ABC’s far more successful The Untouchables by six months.
Director – Allen H. Miner
Writers – Jo Eisinger (story), Barney Ruditsky (based on the memoirs of)
Cast –
James Gregory as Barney Ruditsky
Robert Karnes as Max Fields
John Dennis as Dutch Schultz
Norman Alden as Lulu
Brad Trumbull as Brody
John Vivyan as Louis Buchalter
Stanley Adams as Gurrah
Carol Eve Rossen as Anna
Paul Richards as Louis ‘Louy’ Kassoff
Robert Ellenstein as Legs Diamond
Henry Corden as Wavey Gordon
Robert Sampson as Mad Dog Coll
Watch “The Poison Ivy Story” – S1E18
Episode Guide:
Season 1
1 – The Nick Joseph Story
2 – The Immigrant
3 – The Jane Cooper Story
4 – The Cutie Jaffe Story
5 – The Dutch Schultz Story
6 – The Lion and the Mouse
7 – No Fare
8 – The Payoff
9 – The Marie Walters Story
10 – The Maxey Gorman Story
11 – The Muddy Kasoff Story
12 – Framed
13 – Four the Hard Way
14 – Tony Morelli Story
15 – The Ray Baker Story
16 – Lucky Silva
17 – The Morrison Story
18 – The Poison Ivy Story