Mickey Cohen

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A trigger-happy, drama, cops-mobster flick, sensationalistic fantasy, set in 1949, is about how a baddest gangster, Mickey Cohen is brought to his knees, by this secret crew of outsiders, who swear to tear Cohen’s world apart.
The plot:
Ruthless, Brooklyn born popular amongst people, Mickey Cohen, had Los Angeles in his fist. He runs the town as he wishes, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs market. With his guns in his side, and prostitutes around him, as his arm candy, he portrays a picture of a complete badass gangster, who has the police and judges in his well kept secret pocket.
Cohen doesn’t realize the intensity of his terrible nature, until he is threatened by the World War II veteran, especially hired to slay all future endeavors

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