The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America (2022)
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.
- First aired
- 2022-06-12
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (3 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Directed / written by
- Natasha Kermani
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- James M. Reilly as August Busch
- Delbert Hunt as Self - Narrator
- Zach Meiser as Buck Duke
- Bart Elliott as Julius Schmid
- Barbara Hahn as Self - Author of Making Tobacco Bright
- Sarah Milov as Self - Author of The Cigarette a Political History
- Garrett Oliver as Self - Editor of The Oxford Companion of Beer
- Colin Spoelman as Self - Master Distiller / Whiskey Historian
- Richard Zacks as Self - Author of Island of Vice
- Norman Chad as Self - Sportswriter Washington Post
- Carey Latimore as Self - Associate Prof. of History
- Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela as Self - Associate Prof. of History
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