Cry of the City
From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.
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- Drama
- Crime
Overview
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Keywords
- new york city
- gangster
- crooked lawyer
- film noir
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 29, 1948
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Cast
- Victor Mature,Richard Conte,Fred Clark,Shelley Winters,Betty Garde,Berry Kroeger,Tommy Cook,Debra Paget,Hope Emerson,Roland Wintersand 17 more
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Producer
- Sol C. Siegel,Darryl F. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- Lloyd Ahern Sr.
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0040257