The Bootlegger (2016)

The deadly shoot-out between US Coast Guard and bootleggers that precipitated the end of Prohibition.

A rogue CG Commander plots to eliminate a rum runner and its crew. When his machine gun jammed, the Captain survived. Newly released military intelligence files disprove the long-held theories of this dramatic historic event.

Date of release

2016-07-08

Genres

Documentary

Director

Paul Madden

Casting

• Clay Edmund Kraski — Commander Cornell
• Forest Quaglia — Captain Charlie Travers
• Connor Holden — Jake Weissman
• Will O'Connor — John Goulart
• Johnny Halloran — Reporter
• Angel Connell — Policeman / Townie
• Sissy O'Hara — Mrs. Goulart
• Evan Clinton — Gunner Bennet

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