The Lawless Years (1959-1961) TV Series

Season 1, Episode 3

“The Jane Cooper Story”

Jane Cooper may be on parole, but she intends to improve her status by ditching her nobody boyfriend for a wealthier gangster. As she moves up the food chain, she plays one man off another. Strangely, each of her ex-beaus meets a tragic end. This doesn’t go unnoticed by Ruditsky or the mob. She picks up the nickname “Jane the Jinx.”

Director – Allen H. Miner

Writers – Peggy O’Shea, Barney Ruditsky (memoirs, )Lou Shaw

Stars – James Gregory, Rebecca Welles, Henry Corden