Power Play

By the Summer of 1933, a new wave of crime has engulfed Chicago.  Due to a public outcry for action, Willard Thornton is appointed as a new commissioner to clean up the town.  At a press conference, Thornton arrogantly says his office does not publicly constitute criticism of any law enforcement agency-- while his tone of voice implies he privately does criticize them.  Eliot Ness is standing right next to him, looking more dour than usual. Ness and his men go on a raid, they find a shipment of heroin in a hideout. Then small-time dope-pusher (and junkie himself) Joey Loomis shows up, sees the Feds, and runs. Loomis gets captured. After interrogating him, and getting nowhere, Ness releases him. Rico asks, ""I know he's a small fish, but you just gonna throw him back?"" Ness reveals his strategy: he's going to let the big fish find him. Willard Thornton is really a crook, in cohoots with lawyer Barney Lubin (czar of the enormous Chicago bail bond racket), Felix Varsack (representing t

Un ancien avocat, nommé haut commissionnaire pour enrayer la montée de la violence à Chicago, est le chef du nouveau cartel du crime. Il ordonne l'exécution d'un petit trafiquant mais le tueur est arrêté par les Incorruptibles puis libéré sous caution. Traqué par la police et les hommes du cartel, le tueur se réfugie chez une femme, propriétaire d'une station service.

Wendell Corey interpreta al comisionado del gobierno Willard Thornton, un hombre ambicioso que tiene fuertes conexiones… con el bajo mundo.