Saying you will keep your faith is one thing, but actually keeping your faith is another. Keeping your faith might just save your life or those you love. With that said, every failed promise gives birth for true love to be mended at the cost of an apology.,,
Logline:A WWI vet gets a job working as a driver for notorious Chicago bootlegger Bugs Moran, and soon finds himself caught in the middle of Moran's gang war with the equally notorious Al Capone.
Premise:In 1925 a WWI Vet, THE KID, (mid-20s) comes to Chicago looking for cash and adventure, and gets both when he takes a job bartending at a speakeasy. The Kid also finds time for romance with chanteuse VIOLET (also mid-20s), even though she already has a boyfriend, shady local politico VINCENT.,,
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..Chicago, 1925! Prohibition has swept through the city and taken with it the livelihood of many. Speakeasies begin to shadow legitimate businesses. Since the war, jobs are few and far between for the veterans returning home, and organized crime has become a profitable lifestyle. ,,
The underground criminals of it's time have risen to the surface to stake claim to what they believe is theirs for the taking. A battle between the Irish, North Side Gang(NSG), and the Italian, South Side Gang(SSG) begins to take form. The head of the NSG, Deanie O' Banion, has just been bumped off by SSG kingpin, Johnny "Papa" Torrio and company. With this brings a vendetta by NSG's newest trio of leaders at the helm, George "Bugs" Moran, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, and Vincent "Schemer" Drucci. The vendetta, "Payback with a curse!" ,,
But not all VIOLENCE is spawned by organized crime.When two souls (Violet, aka the Flapper)&(Constantsa "The Kid" Killin, aka the Flaming Youth) chance to look beyond their horrible pasts, they witness the bright side of the dark times. The Kid tends bar and is fortunate enough to catch tail whenever he likes, but Violet has become one of the top singers at the Irish owned Silver Slipper and catches his eye instead.
They both begin to play the game of perception by trying to CHECKMATE each other. Alls well until a cougar, Lucille Moran, arrives back in town and uses her sly wit and deceiving charm to cause trouble. With this new trouble, it's only time before the Kid gets wrapped up in the racket. Even with the aide of his best friend, Tommy, the chances of an escape from a life of organized crime, corrupt politics, and virtuous lust are slim to none.
A question remains..What's it all for?