Cry of the City

1948
5.8
Cry of the City
Poster Cry of the City

Title: Cry of the City

Original Title: Cry of the City

Year: 1948

Info

Release Dates

  • United States: September 29 1948

Plot

An electrifying variation on the theme of a hoodlum (Richard Conte) and a cop (Victor Mature) who knew one another as kids, it opens with the former seriously wounded in hospital but determined to escape the police watching over him; he needs to clear the name of his fiancée, who?s suspected of a jewel robbery. While Conte, all insolent, menacing charm, is especially magnificent, and Mature invests the detective?s pursuit with unsettling hints of obsession, the movie fields a glorious gallery of shady figures, from a lawyer oozing corruption to a memorably sadistic masseuse. The steely realism is enhanced by flourishes of noir stylisation. A classic awaiting rediscovery.

Cast

Director:

Robert SiodmakRobert Siodmak

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Brenda Martingale

Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Martin Rome

Betty Garde

Betty Garde

Miss Pruett

Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Lt. Candella

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Lt Collins

Berry Kroeger

Berry Kroeger

W.A. Niles

Tommy Cook

Tommy Cook

Tony Rome

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