Baby Face Morgan (1942) on Netflix

Plot summary

With the country at war and the old gangs weakened, 'Doc' Rogers gathers criminals from around the nation and tells them they need one strong leader. He chooses Edward, the son of the deceased gang chief Big Mike Morgan, who has lived in the country with his mother and knows nothing of his father's business. Rogers has Edward brought to the city and makes him head of Acme Protective Agency, the office where the gang's extortion money is deposited. Edward and his cousin Ollie believe the agency sells insurance. The gang members are told that the unseen Baby Face Morgan runs the rackets and is a cold-blooded killer. Joe Torelli thinks the leadership should have been his. Virginia Clark, who runs a trucking company, refuses to pay protection money.