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6.2/10   119 votes
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Writers:
Leo Katcher (story)
Maxwell Shane (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1955 (USA) more
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Plot:
A mobster (Quinn) springs a condemmed murderer (Grainger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Farley Granger ... Nicholas 'Nicky' Bradna

Anthony Quinn ... Phil Regal

Anne Bancroft ... Rosalie Regalzyk
Peter Graves ... Joe McFarland
Else Neft ... Mrs. Regalzyk
Sara Berner ... Millie Swadke

Jerry Paris ... Latzi Franks
Mario Siletti ... Antonio Cardini
James Flavin ... Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Whit Bissell ... Dist. Atty. Blaker
Joe Turkel ... Shimmy
Joyce Terry ... Margie (as Joy Terry)
Harry Tyler ... I. Barricks
Jerry Hausner ... Louie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Brass Ring (USA) (alternative title)
The Mobster (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
84 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Typical 50s Tony Quinn, 4 February 2003
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Author: artzau from Sacramento, CA

This film is a film noir wannabe and just doesn't quite make it. The plot, a mobster (Quinn) who holds his family as a icon of decency, discovers his sister (Bancroft) is "jammed up" by a local neighborhood playboy (Granger) who is on death row for murder. Bringing his influence to bear, the gangster gets the playboy a new trail and his freedom so he can marry his sister. But, the playboy can't stand it and gets caught by the hood stepping out on his wife. So, the gangster sets his roving brother-in-law up to be framed for murder. But, as his playboy son-in-law tells him, "I didn't kill this guy but I did kill the first one..." and the cops use him to chase the hood to his death while his mother is bringing him a bottle of seltzer water to have with his weekly dinner with her.

Film buffs will enjoy seeing the younger Quinn in scowling action as well as Granger and Bancroft in their younger days. The acting is solid, the storyline somewhat pedestrian and there's no video or DVD. You'll have to catch on the late show.

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