Movie
Cry of the City
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?
Details
- Release date
- 1948-09-29
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Victor Mature as Lt. Candella
- Richard Conte as Martin Rome
- Fred Clark as Lt Collins
- Shelley Winters as Brenda Martingale
- Betty Garde as Miss Pruett
- Berry Kroeger as W. A. Niles
- Tommy Cook as Tony Rome
- Debra Paget as Teena Riconti
- Hope Emerson as Rose Given
- Roland Winters as Ledbetter
- Walter Baldwin as Orvy
- June Storey as Miss Boone, Nurse
Crew
- Robert Siodmak - Director
- Richard Murphy - Screenplay
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