The Story of William "Boss" Tweed

Dramatization of one of America's outstanding scoundrels and the "solid" citizens who made his thievery possible. By dispensing jobs, favors and money, William "Boss" Tweed and persuaded voters to keep his puppets in office thereby filling the Tammany Hall's pockets. The bravery of Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast and Louis Jennings of the New York Times finally ended the political corruption and put him in jail. Starring Howard Da Silva.