Fear City: New York vs the Mafia
2020 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min
★ 7.0(132)unSUB Rating
In 1970s New York, organized crime tightens its grip on everyday life as multiple powerful families control key industries through fear and violence. This docuseries follows the long, risky federal effort to gather evidence—often through surveillance and wiretaps—and build a case strong enough to challenge that control.
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Details
- Original title
- Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-07-22
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.8/10 (132 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a true-crime deep dive into investigations and takedowns, similar in spirit to Get Gotti or Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer; Not for you if you want nonstop action or a mob-life focus.
Pros: compelling real-life stakes; archival footage and tapes; balanced viewpoints | Cons: slow pacing at times; heavy on FBI procedures; limited new information
Themes
- new york city
- 1970s
- wiretap
- investigation
- mafia
- miniseries
- true crime
- 1980s
Cast & crew
G. Robert Blakey
as Self. Former. Cornell Law school 1973-1980
- JA
Johnny Alite
as Self. Associate. Gambino Family.
- MF
Michael Franzese
as Self. Captain. Colombo Family (gasoline scheme)
- LD
Lin Devecchio
as Self. Special Agent. FBI
- JK
Jim Kossler
as Self. Superviser. FBI
- BM
Bruce Mouw
as Self. Supervisor. Gambino Squad. FBI
- ML
Marilyn Lucht
as Self. Special Agent. FBI
- JC
Joe Cantamessa
as Self. Special Operations Squad. FBI
Rudolph Giuliani
as Self
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
Season 13 episodes
- S1E1Mob Rule48mNetflix
- S1E2The Godfather Tapes44mNetflix
- S1E3Judgment Day62mNetflix