The Hook and the Badge: Life on the WaterfrontIn May 1953, a bartender is brutally murdered behind a tavern in the port city of Charlestown, a working class section of Boston. Jackie Xavier Monyhan, a longshoreman who does plenty of drinking, is the only one who has a clue that could lead to the killer. But fearing that he could endanger his family if he tells the police what he knows, he decides to join the force and begin his own pursuit of justice. Once a lowly port worker, Jackie falls in