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Fear City: New York vs The Mafia

Fear City: New York vs The Mafia

Five crime families. One shot at taking them down.

20206.81 Season3 EpisodesEnded

Overview

New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.

Produced by Celia Aniskovich
NetworksNetflix

Top Cast

G. Robert Blakey

G. Robert Blakey

Self. Former. Cornell Law school 1973-1980

J

Johnny Alite

Self. Associate. Gambino Family.

M

Michael Franzese

Self. Captain. Colombo Family (gasoline scheme)

L

Lin Devecchio

Self. Special Agent. FBI

J

Jim Kossler

Self. Superviser. FBI

B

Bruce Mouw

Self. Supervisor. Gambino Squad. FBI

M

Marilyn Lucht

Self. Special Agent. FBI

J

Joe Cantamessa

Self. Special Operations Squad. FBI

Rudolph Giuliani

Rudolph Giuliani

Self

Themes & Keywords

new york city1970swiretapinvestigationmafiaminiseriestrue crime1980s

About Fear City: New York vs The Mafia

Fear City: New York vs The Mafia is a documentary, crime series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of new york city, 1970s, wiretap, investigation, mafia, miniseries. it stars G. Robert Blakey, Johnny Alite, Michael Franzese. New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.

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