Winter in a Summer Town

The Jersey Shore, winter, 1969-1970. Land development has the economy booming and the local political scene awash in cash, while sensational headlines in the big city newspapers expose the grip of organized crime on government and politics in New Jersey.

Reporter Eddie Bonneville, an ambitious but unworldly youth, records an explosive interview with Matty "The Mule" Esposito, the Shore rackets boss. Outraged at being stabbed in the back by politicians he's dealt with for decades, the aged ga...