The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

2022
★★★★☆ 7.5/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 83 min/episode
DocumentaryDrama
Divulges surprising origin stories of the American alcohol, gambling, sex, and tobacco industries and the ambitiously notorious entrepreneurs who built some of history's biggest fortunes on the nation's cravings.

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Seasons

Season 1
2022 • 3 Episodes
Jack Daniel pioneers American whiskey; Adolphus Busch creates an iconic beer; Buck Duke innovates the modern cigarette; Julius Schmid skirts the law selling his new condoms…all while the temperance movement rises to battle against them.

Cast

James M. Reilly
James M. Reilly
August Busch
Delbert Hunt
Delbert Hunt
Self - Narrator
Zach Meiser
Zach Meiser
Buck Duke
Bart Elliott
Bart Elliott
Julius Schmid
Barbara Hahn
Barbara Hahn
Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
Sarah Milov
Sarah Milov
Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History

Crew

Director
Natasha Kermani
Writer
Brian Burstein

Network

History

Production

Prometheus Entertainment

Keywords

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