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Cry of the City (1948)
Directed by Robert Siodmak
“From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.”
Crime, Drama · 1h 35m
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?
Cast
Victor Mature
Lt. Candella
Richard Conte
Martin Rome
Fred Clark
Lt Collins
Shelley Winters
Brenda Martingale
Betty Garde
Miss Pruett
Berry Kroeger
W. A. Niles
Tommy Cook
Tony Rome
Debra Paget
Teena Riconti
Hope Emerson
Rose Given
Roland Winters
Ledbetter
Walter Baldwin
Orvy
June Storey
Miss Boone, Nurse
Crew
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Screenplay
- Richard Murphy
- Novel
- Henry Edward Helseth
- Director of Photography
- Lloyd Ahern Sr.
- Original Music Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Editor
- Harmon Jones
- Producer
- Sol C. Siegel
Details
- Release date
- 1948-09-29
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox