| Man Against the Mob | |
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| Genre | Action Crime Drama |
| Screenplay by | David J. Kinghorn |
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| Directed by | Steven Hilliard Stern |
| Starring | George Peppard Kathryn Harrold Max Gail Stella Stevens Barry Corbin |
| Music by | Artie Kane |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert M. Sertner Frank von Zerneck |
| Cinematography | Neil Roach |
| Editor | Barrett Taylor |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | Von Zerneck Sertner Films Worldwide Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 10, 1988 |
| Related | |
| Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders | |
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Man Against the Mob (also known as Trouble in the City of Angels) is a 1988 NBC television movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern,[1] starring George Peppard, Kathryn Harrold and Max Gail. Man Against the Mob is a precursor of the 2013 theatrical feature Gangster Squad, in that it deals with the post-war formation of a special LAPD unit set up to suppress Organized Crime in Los Angeles. It may have been inspired by the success of the 1987 theatrical feature The Untouchables, a period drama which also depicted an elite law enforcement unit pitted against mobsters. This was designed around the actor George Peppard as a tough LA cop in the late 1940s. A December 10, 1989 NBC-TV movie follow-up, Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders, is a sequel that also stars Peppard, reuniting him with his co-star from The Blue Max, Ursula Andress.[2] The first movie was a pilot of a proposed NBC series entitled City of Angels but ended up panning out as only the two TV movies before George Peppard died in 1994.[3][4]
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