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Director:
Joseph Kane
Writers:
Robert Considine (story)
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Release Date:
15 April 1952 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Film-Noir | Crime | Drama
Tagline:
Nation's Billion Dollar Racket Exposed!
Plot:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Brian Donlevy ... Sen. Bill Stephens

Claire Trevor ... Connie Williams

Forrest Tucker ... Charley Pignatalli
Vera Ralston ... Marte Dufour
Luther Adler ... Nick Mancani

John Russell ... Joe Gray

Gene Lockhart ... Sen. Tower
Grant Withers ... Rev. Simon Andrews
Taylor Holmes ... Benjamin Lawton
Roy Barcroft ... Morris Draper
William Murphy ... Pete Dailey

Richard Jaeckel ... Ted Dawson

Don Beddoe ... Sen. Blake

Roy Roberts ... Police Chief Tayls
Richard Benedict ... Silky Tanner
Phillip Pine ... Louis Barretti (as Philip Pine)
Damian O'Flynn ... Ralph Foster

Pat Flaherty ... Mikkelson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Bailey ... FBI Agent Eckert (uncredited)

Whit Bissell ... Filby - The Pickpocket (uncredited)
Andy Brennan ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Mikel Conrad ... Chunce (uncredited)
Tony Dante ... Tommy (uncredited)
Don Michael Drysdale ... Joe Gray's Boy (uncredited)
Matty Fain ... Eddie Fostie (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy ... Miss Adams, Secretary (uncredited)
Eddie Foster ... Flowers Club Doorman (uncredited)
Don Haggerty ... Mark Flynn (uncredited)
Betty Hall ... Pearl (uncredited)
John Halloran ... Insp. Willard (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry ... Commissioner Mermant (uncredited)
Gil Herman ... Officer O'Neill (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy ... Henchman Brinkley (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr. ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Frankie, the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Paul Livermore ... Mike (uncredited)
George Magrill ... Man at Bill's Speech (uncredited)
Sydney Mason ... Burns (uncredited)
Tom Monroe ... Rocco (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles ... Mrs. Ruth Stephens (uncredited)
Dick Paxton ... Elevator Operator (uncredited)
John Phillips ... Radio Commentator (uncredited)
John Pickard ... Detective (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot ... Uncle Jean (uncredited)
Richard Reeves ... Rollins (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgeway ... Flowers Club Patron (uncredited)
Ric Roman ... Fergus (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Coin Collector-Counter (uncredited)
Sam Scar ... Sporty (uncredited)

William Schallert ... Inquiry Clerk (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
Sid Tomack ... Meyers (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ... Photographer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge ... Commissioner Garrison (uncredited)
George Volk ... Finter (uncredited)
Leah Waggner ... Billie (uncredited)
Stanley Waxman ... Lonnie (uncredited)
Mervin Williams ... Floyd, Servant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Joseph Kane 
 
Writing credits
Robert Considine (story) (as Bob Considine)

Bruce Manning (screenplay) and
Robert Considine (screenplay) (as Bob Considine)

Produced by
Joseph Kane .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Nathan Scott 
 
Cinematography by
Reggie Lanning 
 
Film Editing by
Richard L. Van Enger 
 
Art Direction by
Frank Arrigo 
 
Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr. 
Charles S. Thompson  (as Charles Thompson)
 
Costume Design by
Adele Palmer 
 
Makeup Department
Peggy Gray .... hair stylist
Bob Mark .... makeup supervisor
 
Sound Department
Dick Tyler Sr. .... sound (as Dick Tyler)
Howard Wilson .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Howard Lydecker .... special effects
Theodore Lydecker .... special effects
 
Music Department
Stanley Wilson .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Herbert J. Yates .... presenter
 

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Runtime:
98 min | West Germany:88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | Norway:16 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:PG
Company:
Republic Pictures (I)See more »

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Hoodlum Empire (1952), 3 January 2012
Author: Martin Teller from Portland OR

Hoodlum Empire - 5/10

Senate committee hearings investigating the gambling rackets threaten the reputation of a former gangster gone good. Capitalizing on the Kefauver hearings, this is a pretty dull story with pretty dull characters and a messy, tedious flashback structure. None of the performances light up the screen, even Brian Donlevy and Claire Trevor are rather disappointing. The script is corny and clichéd, the execution of it is uninspired. Nothing about the film is outright horrible, but there's no reason to recommend it.

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