TV SERIES
UNDERBELLYTHE GANGLAND WARS
In Underbelly – The Gangland Wars, once legendary Carlton Crew gangster Alphonse Gangitano fires the first shot in 1995, it sets the bloody tone in the Melbourne, Australia, gangland wars that last almost a decade, ultimately leaving Gangitano and many others in its wake. Based on the book “Leadbelly” by John Silvester and Andrew Rule, this miniseries is a fictionalized account of how a police task force led by detectives Steve Owen and Jacqui James investigates the mayhem, much of which is instigated by small-time criminal Carl Williams, who seeks to be king of Melbourne’s underworld.
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TRAILERS & EPISODES
SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 – THE BLACK PRINCE
The Melbourne gangland wars start the night gangster Alphonse Gangitano `The Black Prince of Lygon Street’ and one of the legendary Carlton Crew gang murders a low-life criminal at a St Kilda party. Alphonse gets away with the murder by convincing two witnesses not to testify, but the killing sets the tone for the mayhem that will follow and sets Alphonse himself on a path to self-destruction.