Prohibition A Nation of Scofflaws (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 111 min | Documentary, History

Prohibition

A Nation of Scofflaws (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 111 min | Documentary, History

With the passing of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government now passes legislation to enforce it. Known as the Volstead Act, the legislation forbids not only hard liquor but also beer and light wine which many ...See moreWith the passing of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government now passes legislation to enforce it. Known as the Volstead Act, the legislation forbids not only hard liquor but also beer and light wine which many legislators assumed would be exempted. Penalties as well were far harsher than many had expected. The ban on alcoholic beverages could not be complete as alcohol was required by many industrial processes. There were also exemptions for religious observances and for medicinal purposes. In fact, from the day the ban went into into effect,entrepreneurs found ways, some legal, most not - to get around the law. Some States had no legislation to implement the new amendment to the constitution and for the most part, the Federal government was left on its own to enforce it. Rum running. became big business with schooners plying their trade on both the Pacific and Atlantic sides of the U.S. By the mid-1920s many people had come to the conclusion that prohibition was a mistake. Those who drank were drinking more and with no way for government to regulate the illegal industry, they were also drinking bad liquor. Criminal gangs sprang up across the country but Chicago became synonymous with vice and booze. Written by garykmcd See less

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61 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Donald Ward Self - Resident of Washington, D.C. Self - Resident of Washington, D.C. See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Noah Feldman Self - Legal Scholar Self - Legal Scholar See fewer	The Loving Story (2011)
Catherine Gilbert Murdock Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Daniel Okrent Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Freddie Johnson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Neat: The Story of Bourbon (2018)
Pete Hamill Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	King of New York (1990)
John Paul Stevens Self - Resident of Chicago (as Justice John Paul Stevens) Self - Resident of Chicago (as Justice John Paul Stevens) See fewer	Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP (2014)
Edwin T. Hunt Jr. Self - Son of Edwin Hunt Self - Son of Edwin Hunt See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Zeke Alpern Self - Resident of New York City Self - Resident of New York City See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Michael Lerner Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Dorothea Brown Self - Resident of Maine Self - Resident of Maine See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Sylvester Mather Self - Resident of Kentucky Self - Resident of Kentucky See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Margot Loines Wilkie Self - Resident of Massachusetts Self - Resident of Massachusetts See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Jack Clarke Self - Resident of Chicago Self - Resident of Chicago See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Jonathan Eig Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth
Roger Angell Self - Resident of New York Self - Resident of New York See fewer	The Scout (1994)
Ruth Proskauer Smith Self - Resident of New York Self - Resident of New York See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Jack Roche Self - Resident of Chicago Self - Resident of Chicago See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
John Caldwell Self - Resident of Kentucky (as Reverend John Caldwell) Self - Resident of Kentucky (as Reverend John Caldwell) See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
William Leuchtenburg Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Joshua Zeitz Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Patricia Olmstead McFarlane Self - Daughter of Roy Olmstead Self - Daughter of Roy Olmstead See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Patricia Clarkson Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	The Station Agent (2003)
Kevin Conway Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	Gettysburg (1993)
Paul Giamatti George Remus (voice) George Remus (voice) See fewer	Sideways (2004)
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Josh Lucas Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Campbell Scott Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	Big Night (1996)
Sam Waterston Reader (voice) Reader (voice) See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
Louis D. Brandeis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial, No. 9 (1916)
Al Capone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Frank Capone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Who Is Vermin Supreme? An Outsider Odyssey (2014)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Calvin Coolidge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
Frank Costello Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kefauver Investigation (1951)
Harry Daugherty Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
John W. Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	John W. Davis Campaign Speech (1924)
Franklin Dodge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Izzy Einstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Warren G. Harding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Selig-Tribune, No. 30 (1916)
Imogene Holmes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Bertha Knight Landes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Kenesaw M. Landis Self (archive footage) (as Kennesaw Mountain Landis) Self (archive footage) (as Kennesaw Mountain Landis) See fewer	Pathé News, No. 58 (1915)
Lucky Luciano Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Won Through Merit (1915)
William McCoy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Charles Dion O'Bannion Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Roy Olmstead Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
George Remus Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Arnold Rothstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993)
Joseph Saltis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Dutch Schultz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Al Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Jess Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
William Hale Thompson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Is Your Daughter Safe? (1927)
Johnny Torrio Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Andrew Volstead Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Wayne Bidwell Wheeler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mabel Willebrandt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993)