Man Killer

Chicago, July 1934. Anonymous phone calls have been tipping off Ness and his men to narcotics activities; they do a bunch of raids. On August 4, even though sales have fallen off, Frank Nitti is ordering 15 kilos of heroin*, the biggest single shipment ever. That night, one of Nitti's boys makes the trade: dough for the H. He gets into a car driven by another of Nitti's boys, Manny Kravitz. But next to him in the back-seat is Maxie, who pumps him full of lead. They dump his body from a speeding car. Next morning, Ness gets another of the regular anonymous tips; on another line, Enrico and an operator are slowly tracing it. (no Caller I.D. back then.) Ness doesn't know it yet, but the call was made from a phone booth by Nick Dolov; he walks to the Windy City Cab Co., which he owns along with his estranged wife, Georgiana Drake (around age 40, she could be attractive but has a harsh facial expression). In Dolov's office, there is a suitcase with the 15 kilos of heroin on his des

Une femme tue son mari volage et reprend l'affaire qu'il avait entrepris avec Nitti : diffuser de l'héroïne dans tout le pays grâce aux compagnies de taxis. La maitresse du mari, le machisme de Nitti et l'opiniâtreté de Ness auront raison de ce plan diabolique.

Georgie Drake conduce astutamente a su esposo hacia las más altas pociones del bajo mundo. Pero cuando su marido conoce a una nueva chica, Georgie planea matarlo.