Plot Summary for
The Hoodlum (1951) More at IMDbPro »

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Career criminal Vincent Lubeck is granted parole through the tireless efforts of his loyal mother, but he is contemptuous of his honest brother Joey and the job he gets at his gas station. He seduces Joey's fiancee Rosa and is indifferent when she commits suicide because Vincent has made her pregnant. After he uses his relationship with Eileen, a beautiful bank employee, to execute an armored car robbery with many of his ex-cronies, his long-suffering brother realizes it is time for him to take action. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke 1029@aol.com)

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