Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2010-09-19
Synopsis
January, 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's duplicitous Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, plots to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. Later, he flirts with Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant wife with an abusive husband, and assures WWI vet Jimmy Darmody that his new job will lead to bigger things.
In the series
This episode is part of Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) on HBO.
Prohibition Atlantic City — Nucky Thompson’s empire in Scorsese-sheen.
Key cast
- Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
- Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder
- Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden
- Shea Whigham as Eli Thompson
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White