The Sopranos ruled the Bing! & Nucky runs the Boardwalk, but before those gavones Ray Luca and his Chicago gang battled Lt. Mike Torello in "Crime Story" (1986-88)
It's 1963 and the true Mad Men are Luca and Torello facing off mano a mano, This short lived Michael Mann series is the precursor to today's cable hits. As a network show it had to please the censors but still managed to have legs. Outstanding performances by Dennis Farina (Torello), Anthony John Denison (Ray Luca) and especially Stephen Lang as attorney David Abrams. The opening sequence uses Del Shannon's "Runaway" in that very Michael Mann style. Check it out.
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