Boardwalk Empire
No one goes quietly.
Created by Terence Winter
On HBO
A richly detailed period crime saga set during Prohibition that examines the corruption of a man and a system through the lens of Atlantic City's criminal underworld.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
Keywords
New JerseyProhibition EraHitmanGangsterAtlantic CityBootleggingMobsterBordelloHistorical FictionPeriod DramaHistoricalPolitical CorruptionGovernment CorruptionWhorehouseRevenge KillingGraftCostume Drama1920sGambling RacketSimulated SexPoliticalAmerican HistorySystemic CorruptionCorrupt Police OfficialsCorrupt BusinessmanModern HistoryPolitical DramaDramaticItalian MafiaDefiant
Essence
Ensemble
Steve Buscemi
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
Kelly Macdonald
Margaret Thompson
Michael Shannon
Nelson Van Alden
Shea Whigham
Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Michael Stuhlbarg
Arnold Rothstein
Stephen Graham
Al Capone
Aleksa Palladino
Angela Darmody
Vincent Piazza
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Michael Kenneth Williams
Albert 'Chalky' White
Anthony Laciura
Edward 'Eddie' Kessler
Paul Sparks
Mieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle
Jack Huston
Richard Harrow
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