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Portland Exposé (1957)
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11 August 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
The Whole Scorching Story...BRIBE by BRIBE...SIN by SIN...SHOCK by SHOCK! morePlot:
A tavern owner in Portland, Oregon gets involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
One mans battle against crime, corruption, sin and vice! moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ed Binns | ... | George Madison (as Edward Binns) |
| Carolyn Craig | ... | Ruth Madison |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Clara Madison |
| Lawrence Dobkin | ... | Garnell (as Larry Dobkin) |
 | Frank Gorshin | ... | Joe |
| Joseph Marr | ... | Larry (as Joe Marr) |
| Rusty Lane | ... | Tom Carmody |
 | Richard Bellis | ... | Jimmy Madison (as Dickie Bellis) |
| Lea Penman | ... | Mrs. Stoneway |
 | Jeanne Carmen | ... | Iris |
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PORTLAND EXPOSE is another one of those films from the 1950's that purports to expose the crime, vice, sin and corruption of some major city. Think of all the films with a major city in the title followed by : "expose", "story", "syndicate", and "confidential". Perhaps someone with a lot of time on their hands should put together a list. Then again, perhaps not.
In this film Edward Binns plays a honest tavern owner who is forced to go into partnership with the mob. At first he goes along, but decides to fight the mob when one of the mobsters tries to rape his daughter.
PORTLAND EXPOSE a conventionally made low-budget crime thriller from the fifties. Like many films of this genre, the ads claimed it is based on a true story. The film is a bit rougher than some other films from the period. In one scene Binns' daughters boyfriend suggest they go to a hotel for a night of...well you know, because he thinks she is loose because he knows that her fathers tavern has been used by the mob as a pickup place for hookers. Then mob thug Frank Gorshin tries to rape her. Its also mentioned that Gorshins character did time for a sexual offense involving children. Pretty rough stuff for a 1957 low budget crime thriller.