Set during the depression era of the 1930’s... The true story of the birth of The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and how two G-Men, Melvin Purvis and Samuel P. Cowley forced together by J. Edgar Hoover, form a partnership and painstakingly restore order back on the streets of America by taking down the country’s most notorious criminals such as - “Dillinger”, “Pretty Boy Floyd”, and “Baby Face Nelson”.

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Pilot Logline:

With Al Capone behind bars in Alcatraz, J. Edgar Hoover begins the mammoth task of ridding the country of the American Gangster, starting with Chicago where he appoints Melvin Purvis as special agent in charge, his mandate – to take down all known Capone associates and restore law and order back in the city, sending a message throughout the country that the G-Men are here to stay! But as Purvis starts to clean up the Chicago underworld, another criminal in an Indiana prison is about to resurface and begin his rise to become Public Enemy Number One!

Pilot Synopsis:

After visiting AL CAPONE behind bars in Alcatraz, Federal Bureau director J. EDGAR HOOVER ensembles his army of super agents coined the ‘G-Men’, as he begins to wage his war on the American Gangster. Hoover appoints the dedicated MELVIN PURVIS as special agent in charge of the Chicago office; his mandate – to take down all known Capone crime syndicate associates and restore order back on the streets of Chicago. Purvis and his new team of G-Men begin gathering Intel on who is now believed to be running the syndicate, but when a local beer brewery owner WILLIAM HAMM is kidnapped, Hoover demands Purvis turn all his attention to finding Hamm and bring his captors to justice.

Meanwhile, in Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, JOHN DILLINGER begins plotting bank robberies with inmates – CHARLES MAKLEY, HARRY ‘PETE’ PIERPOINT, JOHN ‘RED’ HAMILTON and RUSSELL CLARK as a new breed of American Gangster is born. Ex-cop DAN ‘TUBBO’ GILBERT pays Purvis a visit, advising gangster RODGER TOUHY should be on his radar. After getting confirmation from a trusted CI that Touhy is behind the Hamm kidnapping, Purvis and a team of G-Men pay Touhy a visit. A gun fight ensues resulting in a badly injured agent and Touhy making his escape. On hearing the news of the shootout, Hoover demands Touhy is captured immediately fearing a weak perception of the Bureau. Purvis tracks down Touhy at his girlfriend’s house and after a dramatic high speed car chase, he apprehends his man.

With a key syndicate competitor now behind bars, Gilbert – a secret Capone associate, meets with Capone’s successor, FRANK NITTI to confirm that Purvis is a puppet in their control. But they underestimate Purvis who suspects Gilbert is on the syndicate’s payroll, and has played along with the view to use him for his plan to take down the whole operation. Purvis meets with a detained Touhy, and explains how he knows he was set up but must pay for shooting a federal agent. As it appears Purvis is starting to get a handle on Chicago, a woman reports a mugging by a man she describes as having a ‘Baby Face’ and Dillinger is released from prison posing future troubles ahead for Purvis and his G-Men...

Semifinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2015

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2015