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The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)

Documentary, Drama 83m
75%
User
Score
7.2/10

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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
Garrett Oliver
Garrett Oliver

Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
Colin Spoelman
Colin Spoelman

Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
Richard Zacks
Richard Zacks

Self - Author of Island of Vice

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The Booze, Bets And Sex That Built America | Three-Part Series Premieres June 12 at 8/7c | HISTORY
The Booze, Bets And Sex That Built America | Three-Part Series Premieres June 12 at 8/7c | HISTORY

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