
20 Feb 1982

Death Wish II
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Power is measured in enemies.
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Bumpy Johnson
Dutch Schultz
Francine Hughes
Lucky Luciano
Stephanie St. Clair
Illinois Gordon
Bub Hewlett
Captain Foley
Thomas E. Dewey
Pigfoot Mary
Sulie
Albert Salke
Jules Salke
Whispers
Bo Weinberg
Lulu Rosenkrantz
Calvin
Tee-Ninchy
Vallie
Johnny 'Figures' DiPalmero
20 Feb 1982
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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