The Purple Gang (1959)

The Purple Gang 1959 A teen age rat pack of the Detroit slums, the Purple Gang, headed by psychotic William Joseph Honeyboy Willard, teams with adult hijackers during prohibition and in three years controls the citys underworld Detective Bill Harley is given a special assignment to break the gang To intimidate Harley, Honeyboy and his chief henchman, Hank Smith, terrorize his pregnant wife, Gladys, who loses her baby and dies The gang moves in on the cleaning and dyeing industry, which calls in the Mafia for protection Hank tries to tip off Harley as to where the Mafia hoods are holed up but Honeyboy, mistaking his intentions, has Killer Burke seal him alive in a coffin and drop him in the Detroit river Honeyboy locates the Mafia headquarters in an apartment building and goes there with two of his men They break in and machine gun the three Mafia leaders, Licovetti, Ricco and Castiglione