Arriving in Los Angeles during the early stages of the feud between Los Angeles crime family boss Jack Dragna and Mickey Cohen, Brancato was immediately able to find freelance work.
Schwamb was doing the work to pay off a debt to Los Angeles mobster, Mickey Cohen.
Hamilton’s sixth novel, The Last Embrace, was a 1940s Hollywood noir inspired by the disappearance of Jean Spangler, a starlet linked to L.A. gangster Mickey Cohen.
Wiretap, 1949. "Activities of the Police Department in installing mechanical eavesdropping devices in the home of gangster Mickey Cohen caused consternation and criticism in the City Council," with Davies asking, "how many other places may have received the same treatment? Could it be that possibly even the homes of a few Councilmen were not neglected?"
Mickey Cohen (given name Meyer) (1913–1976) – Jewish-American gangster
After graduating from high school, Milano became a part of Mickey Cohen's syndicate and was involved in illegal gambling.
She was married to Duke Ellington's singer (black cowboy star) Herb Jeffries and, according to her own account, was the only woman to have been romantically involved with both Mickey Cohen and Elvis Presley.
Two other major characters, disgraced former cop, Turner "Buzz" Meeks, now working for both Howard Hughes and Mickey Cohen, and ambitious LAPD lieutenant Malcolm "Mal" Considine, involved in a child custody case, try with varying success to do the right things in an environment of deception, paranoia and brutality.
The female lead Liz Renay was a friend of Bardo's and had just finished a 27-month prison sentence on Terminal Island for perjury involving her then-boyfriend, gangster Mickey Cohen.
Dragna was a planner in some of the unsuccessful attempts on Mickey Cohen's life.
During the late 1940s, Jim Vaus Jr. worked for the police and for mobster Mickey Cohen.
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