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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy morally complicated power dramas about institutional corruption, ruthless ambition, and the costs of building influence.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, epic
- Payoff
- vindication, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- labor power, ambition, corruption, organized crime, political accountability
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, industrial American cities and union halls