| Untold: Crimes & Penalties | |
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| Edited by | Neil Meiklejohn |
| Music by | Brocker Way |
Production company | Players' Tribune |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Untold: Crimes & Penalties is a 2021 American biographical documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way. [1] The film was released on August 31, 2021.
The film is the fourth installment in the Untold documentary film series. [2] [3] Its story focuses on the now defunct United Hockey League (UHL) ice hockey team the Danbury Trashers, which was bought by James Galante, a mafia-connected trash kingpin and associate of the Genovese crime family who gifted the team to his 17-year-old son, A. J., making him the president and general manager of the team. [4] [5]
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