"Kansas City, 1934. Anything could happen here. One night it did."
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
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The people behind it
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Blondie O'Hara
Miranda Richardson
Carolyn Stilton
Harry Belafonte
Seldom Seen
Michael Murphy
Henry Stilton
Dermot Mulroney
Johnny O'Hara
Steve Buscemi
Johnny Flynn
Brooke Smith
Babe Flynn
Jane Adams
Nettie Bolt
Jeff Feringa
Addie Parker
A.C. Smith
Sheepshan Red
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