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26 October 1949 (France)
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The macho head of an urban community center tries to reform juvenile delinquents. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Brings back Brooklyn memories
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Stephen McNally | ... | Stan Albert |
 | Thelma Ritter | ... | Mrs. Katie Cusack |
| Luis Van Rooten | ... | Joe Cusack |
 | Jeff Corey | ... | Police Lieutenant Louie Macon |
| Sharon McManus | ... | Alice Cusack |
| Sue England | ... | Betty Maylor |
| Barbara Whiting | ... | Annie Kane |
| Richard Benedict | ... | Gaggsy Steens |
 | Peter Fernandez | ... | Frank Cusack |
| Al Ramsen | ... | Benjamin 'Benny' Wilks |
| Joshua Shelley | ... | Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin |
 | Tony Curtis | ... | Mitch (as Anthony Curtis) |
| Mickey Knox | ... | Larry |
 | Richard Jaeckel | ... | Bull |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lew Anthony | ... | Hank (uncredited) |
| Joan Baxter | ... | Girl (uncredited) |
| Sara Berner | ... | Selma (uncredited) |
| Nicky Blair | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
 | Nesdon Booth | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Frank Cady | ... | Shirley's Partner (uncredited) |
| Bruce Carruthers | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Bert Conway | ... | Principal Hayes (uncredited) |
| Alfred Croce | ... | Boy Dancer (uncredited) |
| Joe Draper | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Al Eben | ... | Detective Kleiner (uncredited) |
| Charles Flynn | ... | Leonard (uncredited) |
| Jaime Garcia | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
| Jill Gervon | ... | Girl (uncredited) |
| Sandra Gould | ... | Shirley (uncredited) |
| Duke Green | ... | Giotto (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | ... | Clerk (uncredited) |
| Harry Harris | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
| Pepe Hern | ... | Pete (uncredited) |
| Michael Ireland | ... | Lew (uncredited) |
| Lila Leeds | ... | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Don McCracken | ... | Gallagher (uncredited) |
| John Michaels | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
| Ralph Montgomery | ... | Heath (uncredited) |
| Judy Nugent | ... | Little Girl (uncredited) |
| William J. O'Brien | ... | Man Ordering Chocolate Cherry (uncredited) |
| Robert Osterloh | ... | Mr. Bannon (uncredited) |
| Gerry Pattison | ... | Girl (uncredited) |
| Drew Pearson | ... | Himself (uncredited) |
| Billy Perna | ... | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| John Pickard | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
| Peter Prouse | ... | Sumter (uncredited) |
| Ronnie Ralph | ... | Jerry (uncredited) |
| Sammy Resnick | ... | Boy (uncredited) |
| Bill Schroff | ... | Man (uncredited) |
| Anabel Shaw | ... | Mrs. Jean Albert (uncredited) |
| Jack Shutta | ... | Newboy (uncredited) |
| Billy Snyder | ... | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| Ruth Tobey | ... | Lucille Ween (uncredited) |
 | Joe Turkel | ... | Shimmy Stockton (uncredited) |
| Harry Wagner | ... | Janitor (uncredited) |
| Danny Welton | ... | Phil (uncredited) |
| Lynn Whitney | ... | Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Maxwell Shane | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Maxwell Shane | (screenplay) and | |
| Dennis J. Cooper | (screenplay) (as Dennis Cooper) | |
| Irving Shulman | (adaptation) | |
| Irving Shulman | (novel "The Amboy Dukes") | |
Produced by | |||
| Ben Coleman | .... | associate producer | |
| Maxwell Shane | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Walter Scharf | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Maury Gertsman | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ted J. Kent | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Bernard Herzbrun | |||
| Emrich Nicholson | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| John P. Austin | (as John Austin) | ||
| Russell A. Gausman | |||
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| Jay A. Morley Jr. | (gowns) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Carmen Dirigo | .... | hair stylist | |
| Lilley Dirigo | .... | hair stylist | |
| Emile LaVigne | .... | makeup artist (as Emile Le Vigne) | |
| Bud Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Gilbert Kurland | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Fred Frank | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Leslie I. Carey | .... | sound (as Leslie Carey) | |
| Joe Lapis | .... | sound | |
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| David S. Horsley | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| John Brooks | .... | gaffer | |
| Harry Davis | .... | camera operator | |
| Maurice Goldberg | .... | still photographer | |
| Russ Franks | .... | grip (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Larry Russell | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Walter Scharf | .... | musical director (uncredited) | |
| Frank Skinner | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Connie Earl | .... | script supervisor | |
| Harry B. Friedman | .... | publicist (uncredited) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Universal Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Universal (????) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Video Beat (????) (USA) (VHS)
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91 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Film debut of Peter Fernandez.See more »
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Followed by Girls in the Night (1953)See more »
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I lived in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, NY and saw "City Across the River" after reading "The Amboy Dukes" when I was 13 years old, a very impressionable age. Tony Curtis was the rage and all the boys started combing their hair with the "Curtis look." At the time it seemed as if all of my contemporaries read the book, much like "God's Little Acre." The former because it described our lives in Brooklyn and the latter because of the "sexual" passages contained therein. It was a time of pegged pants, "ducks-ass" hairdos ala Curtis, stick and punch ball, athletic clubs, going to the 12 cent movies Saturdays at 12 o'clock to see a double feature, cartoons, the "chapter" (weekly serial), not getting caught with your feet on the tops of seats in front by the omnipresent white dressed matron, street gangs, zip guns and our beloved Brooklyn Dodgers. Immediately after seeing the movie, "the neighborhood" boys, from ages 13 to 16, vicariously adopted the nicknames of the characters in the movie according to their own personalities. As I recall, names were Crazy Shack, Bull Benson, etc. One of the things that sticks in my mind was the way the neighborhood kids, in order to show their machismo as depicted in the movie, would gather on street corners and lift the metal bus stop stands as dumb bell weights, with one arm and then the other. It was a great time and television was only seen if you looked in the window of the bar and grill around the corner on Flatbush Avenue and Winthrop Street.