Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City (2009)
The message was simple: pay...or else!
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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.
- Release date
- March 20, 2009
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Terence O'Malley as Self - Narrator
- Bill Ouseley as Interviewee 1
- Carl 'Corky' Civella as Interviewee archival
- Lee Flosi as Interviewee 5
- Chuck Haddix as Interviewee 3
- Frank Hayde as Interviewee 4
- Michael Raimo as Interviewee 2
- Monte Strait as Interview 6
- Robert Unger as Interview 7
- Roy Williams as Interviewee archival
Crew
- Terence O'Malley · Director
- Terence O'Malley · Writer
- Terence O'Malley · Producer