New York Confidential (1955)A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians, make multi-million deals and order murders , until the vicious pattern finally catches up to him. Director:Russell Rouse |
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New York Confidential (1955)A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians, make multi-million deals and order murders , until the vicious pattern finally catches up to him. Director:Russell Rouse |
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| Broderick Crawford | ... |
Charlie Lupo
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| Richard Conte | ... |
Nick Magellan
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Marilyn Maxwell | ... |
Iris Palmer
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| Anne Bancroft | ... |
Katherine (Kathy) Lupo
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J. Carrol Naish | ... |
Ben Dagajanian
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Onslow Stevens | ... |
Johnny Achilles
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Barry Kelley | ... |
Robert Frawley
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| Mike Mazurki | ... |
Arnie Wendler
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| Celia Lovsky | ... |
Mama Lupo
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Herbert Heyes | ... |
James Marshall
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Steven Geray | ... |
Morris Franklin
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William 'Bill' Phillips | ... |
Whitey
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Henry Kulky | ... |
Gino
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Nestor Paiva | ... |
Martinelli
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Joseph Vitale | ... |
Batista
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Nick Magellan works for the corrupt businessman Charlie Lupo, who presides over an influential crime syndicate in Manhattan, New York. New York senators belong to the realm of this syndicate. Charlie has a recalcitrant daughter, Kathy Lupo. She is in love with Nick. Nick protects Kathy against her father when she leaves her parental home. Charlie always knows not to be judged, but when one of the senators talks too much during a television interview, he is in the center of a massive fraud research by the law. Written by Robert
"jump fido, papa give you liver" says anne bancroft to richard conte...of course, there is the main storyline of the organization, the syndicate, the business of crime that merges with the mafia family's personal lives in a soap opera where stiffs abound...but what sticks to my ribs is the quirky dialogue that runs throughout... for example, richard conte learns from ann bancroft that he has a 'penchant' and he repeats the word to her father, broderick crawford, who reacts very strangely...or it's crawford who says, 'what I wouldn't give for a salami on rye with a kosher pickle'...he finally gets his wish and wishes he hadn't...or a hit man's desire to go to cleveland and richard conte says, 'you'll be going a little further than that'...then there's conte in the bar saying 'the beer's flat, bring me another, I'm a slow eater, I haven't finished my sandwich'...they should have let him eat in peace... the scenes start, stop and fade out like the many chapters of a book, and one in particular near the end has no dialogue and lasts less than 30 seconds, yet it is quite effective...and so, when the day is done, it's not necessarily the main storyline that grabs you, but it's the way dialogue has allowed us to personally identify each of the main characters that makes this a memorable movie.