In 1949 Los Angeles, Mafia boss Mickey Cohen has become the most powerful figure in the California criminal underworld and intends to expand his criminal enterprise to encompass the entire West Coast. The LAPD has not been able to stop Cohen’s ruthless rise, as he has eliminated witnesses, hired dirty cops to protect his criminal activities, and shielded himself from prosecution through corruption in the justice system.Gangster Squad 2013 Movie Download.
Determined to put a stop to Cohen, LAPD Chief Bill Parker creates a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Cohen’s enterprise. The unit, composed of officers who do not carry badges and are authorized to act outside of the law, are led by the skilled World War II OSS veteran, Sergeant John O’Mara. With the help of his wife, Connie, he recruits Detective Jerry Wooters and four incorruptible misfit officers: knife-wielding Lieutenant Coleman Harris, wire tapping expert and family man Conwell Keeler, outlaw sharpshooter Max Kennard, and Kennard’s rookie protégé Navidad Ramirez. Calling themselves the “Gangster Squad”, they begin the task of destroying Cohen’s operations.
Despite some initial setbacks such as a casino raid being thwarted by the corrupt Burbank police department, the Squad strikes several successful blows at the heart of Cohen’s criminal organization, even shutting down his lucrative wire gambling business. The Squad breaks into Cohen’s mansion and Keeler plants a bug in the back of a television. As a result, Cohen believes someone has betrayed him and lashes out at those around him, including his etiquette tutor Grace Faraday. Wooters and Faraday have entered into a secret romantic relationship, and he tries to help her escape from Cohen, enlisting the help of mutual friend and gangster Jack Whalen.Realizing the attackers have never stolen his money, Cohen deduces they are cops and realizes that they have bugged his house.