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Club Continental: Underworld Calling Card

Season 9 Episode 11

What job did Fred Nicholls do for Club Continental, a hub of LA underworld night life?

Richard Nicholls has a Club Continental business card with his father's name on it. Club Continental was a glitzy night club known as a hub of the LA underworld. What did Fred Nicholls do for Club Continental? Does this have anything to do with his prison term for violating the Prohibition Act?

AIR DATE 9/26/11

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