''The Lawless Years'' is an American
crime drama
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series that aired on
NBC
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from April 16, 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind, set during the
Roaring 20s
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, having antedated
ABC's far more successful ''
The Untouchables
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* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
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'' by six months
Cast
Main
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James Gregory as Barney Ruditsky
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Robert Karnes
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Life and career
Karnes was born in Kentucky. He served in World War II, where he had interest into acting and going to Hollywood, Cal ...
as Max Fields
* John Dennis as
Dutch Schultz
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Norman Alden
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as Lulu
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Brad Trumbull as Brody
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John Vivyan as
Louis Buchalter
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Stanley Adams as Gurrah
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Carol Eve Rossen
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as Anna
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Paul Richards as Louis 'Louy' Kassoff
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Robert Ellenstein
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as
Legs Diamond
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Henry Corden
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as Wavey Gordon
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Robert Sampson as
Mad Dog Coll
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Guest stars
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Tige Andrews
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Clegg Hoyt
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*
Martin Landau
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*
Ruta Lee
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Vic Morrow
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Warren Oates
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*
Burt Reynolds
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*
Harry Dean Stanton
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*
Nita Talbot
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Film
Born in New York City on Au ...
Episodes
Season 1: Spring/Summer 1959
Season 2: Fall 1959
Season 3: Spring/Summer 1961
References
External links
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1959 American television series debuts
1961 American television series endings
1950s American crime drama television series
1960s American crime drama television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
Cultural depictions of gangsters
NBC original programming
Television series set in the 1920s
Television shows set in New York City
Television series about organized crime
Television series by CBS Studios
Cultural depictions of Dutch Schultz
Cultural depictions of Louis Buchalter
Cultural depictions of Mad Dog Coll
Cultural depictions of Legs Diamond
Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar
Works about Irish-American organized crime
Works about Jewish-American organized crime