Lawless Years – Season 1 – Episode 14 – Tony Morelli | James Gregory, Robert Karnes, John Dennis

Co-Starring Tige Andrews. Gangster Gabby Bishop takes over waterfront operations from honest dock boss, Tony Morelli. Ruditsky then tries to persuade Morelli to fight back by revealing the expected arrival time and location of a narcotics shipment. .

The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16, 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind, set during the Roaring 20s, having pre-dated ABC’s far more successful The Untouchables by six months. James Gregory stars as real-life NYPD Detective Barney Ruditsky, with Robert Karnes as Max, his associate. Ruditsky, who had become a private investigator in Hollywood after retiring from law enforcement, served as the show’s technical advisor. Jack Chertok was the producer.

Directed by Allen H. Miner
Starring James Gregory, Robert Karnes, John Dennis

Cast
James Gregory as Barney Ruditsky
Robert Karnes as Max Fields
John Dennis as Dutch Schultz
Norman Alden as Lulu
Brad Trumbull as Brody
John Vivyan as Lepke
Stanley Adams as Gurrah
Carol Eve Rossen as Anna