Miserable Business

Hank Macklan is Chicago's most reliable, disciplined, and demanding prohibition bootlegger. Working with George Moran of the North Side, Hank is a tough boss who leads his crews through a crime academy teaching them survival tactics and how to succeed in the dangerous liquor business. Learning from the mistakes of his gangster father, Hank insists each man prepare an exit strategy to be ready to leave the miserable business with a moment's notice. Like ghosts working in the darkest hours, traveling vacant streets, his men move freight trucks into the heart of the city. Beneath the cargo tarps, inside wooden crates, amber-colored bottles rattle along in wait, while the drivers each pray not to need the machine guns at ready on the seat beside them. Business was good, but devastating attacks were becoming more common like someone knew their every move even before it was made. To make matters worse, Hank has more to worry about more than thieves...