True redemption story of one of the most powerful mob bosses in California history. Ernest “Kilroy” Roybal would become one of the most powerful mobsters on the West Coast; born in 1939, he grew up in Boyle Heights, California. Kilroy, a physically superior individual excelled in boxing at the historic Main Street gym and by many accounts would have had a solid professional career as a baseball player, but for the gangster lifestyle. Incorrigible from the age of two he eventually joined the White Fence gang and was soon sentenced to the Youth Authority, then to state prison. An early pioneer in the Mexican Mafia, Kilroy would be considered one of the most violent and powerful members spending over 40 years in Folsom, Tracy, San Quentin, and Pelican Bay. Later in life he would finally meet someone he couldn’t overpower. Kilroy’s personal journey proves that anything is possible with God.
Acting
Ramirez carries decades of rage and regret in his shoulders.
Practical Effects
Prison recreations feel authentically claustrophobic and lived-in.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The White Fence gang depicted is one of LA's oldest street gangs, founded in the 1940s in Boyle Heights—the same neighborhood that produced Kilroy.
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