Action-Squizzy Taylor

Beta Tape Squizzy Taylor Action/Drama…7029..Color..103 mins…VidAmerica..Starring Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell, David Atkins, Michael Long, Robert Hughes, Cul Cullen, Steve Bisley, Kim Lewis Australia s Squizzy Taylor was to Melbourne what Al Capone was to Chicagp. This is the true shocking story of Joseph Leslie Theodore Taylor s rise to power as underworld kingpin in an unseemingly crime polluted city. Set in 1919 against the background of Melbourne s Great Influenza Epidemic, Squizzy sets the small town ablaze with his exploits. He and his gang baffled police in their network of crime, infuriated and terrorized the rival gangs, but managed to capture the favor and imagination of an intrigued public. Squizzy lusted after all types of women and fed the press his own stories to create a legend that still remains a mystery. Was he a big gangland boss or just a petty punk? This exciting action-drama, mixed with comedy, sex and violence, paints a vivid portrait of the flamboyant Squizzy and the city of Melbourne in its most wild and colorful days.