The true story of a 1960s crime boss who, returning from 10 years in prison, allies himself with radical preacher Malcolm X and starts a war with the Italian mob that has taken over his neighborhood. A prequel to the events of the 2007 film American Gangster.
Show Details:
Start date: Sep 2019
End date: ___ ____
Status: on hiatus
Network(s): Epix (US) / MGM+ (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 30 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
End date: ___ ____
Status: on hiatus
Network(s): Epix (US) / MGM+ (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 30 eps
Genre(s): Drama, Historical
Credits:
- Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Vincent "The Chin" Gigante
- Giancarlo Esposito as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
- Paul Sorvino as Frank Costello
- Nigél Thatch as Malcolm X
- Ilfenesh Hadera as Mayme Johnson
- Antoinette Crowe-Legacy as Elise Johnson
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Teddy Greene
- Lucy Fry as Stella Gigante
- Kathrine Narducci as Olympia Gigante
- Rafi Gavron as Ernie Nunzi
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 29 Sep 19 | By Whatever Means Necessary |
| 2. | 1-2 | 06 Oct 19 | The Nitty Gritty |
| 3. | 1-3 | 13 Oct 19 | Our Day Will Come |
| 4. | 1-4 | 20 Oct 19 | I Am the Greatest |
| 5. | 1-5 | 27 Oct 19 | It's All in the Game |
| 6. | 1-6 | 03 Nov 19 | Il Canto de Malavita |
| 7. | 1-7 | 10 Nov 19 | Masters of War |
| 8. | 1-8 | 17 Nov 19 | How I Got Over |
| 9. | 1-9 | 24 Nov 19 | Rent Strike Blues |
| 10. | 1-10 | 01 Dec 19 | Chickens Come Home to Roost |
| Season 2 | |||
| 11. | 2-1 | 18 Apr 21 | The French Connection |
| 12. | 2-2 | 25 Apr 21 | Sting Like a Bee |
| 13. | 2-3 | 02 May 21 | The Fruit Stand Riot |
| 14. | 2-4 | 09 May 21 | The Geechee |
| 15. | 2-5 | 16 May 21 | It's a Small World After All |
| 16. | 2-6 | 23 May 21 | The Ballot or the Bullet |
| 17. | 2-7 | 08 Aug 21 | Man of the Year |
| 18. | 2-8 | 15 Aug 21 | Ten Harlems |
| 19. | 2-9 | 22 Aug 21 | The Bonanno Split |
| 20. | 2-10 | 29 Aug 21 | The Hate That Hate Produced |
| Season 3 | |||
| 21. | 3-1 | 15 Jan 23 | The Negro in White America |
| 22. | 3-2 | 22 Jan 23 | Alzado |
| 23. | 3-3 | 29 Jan 23 | Mecca |
| 24. | 3-4 | 05 Feb 23 | Captain Fields |
| 25. | 3-5 | 19 Feb 23 | Angel of Death |
| 26. | 3-6 | 26 Feb 23 | Spooks |
| 27. | 3-7 | 05 Mar 23 | All Roads Lead to Malcolm |
| 28. | 3-8 | 12 Mar 23 | Homeland or Death |
| 29. | 3-9 | 19 Mar 23 | We Are All Kings |
| 30. | 3-10 | 26 Mar 23 | Our Black Shining Prince |