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The Miami Story ()

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Fed up with the rising crime rate in Miami, the police chief and leading members of the city council hire a former gangster who's gone straight to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
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Mick Flagg aka Mike Pierce
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Tony Brill
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Ted Delacorte
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Gwen Abbott
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Holly Abbott
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Frank Alton
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Police Chief Martin Belman
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Robert Bishop
Gene Darcy ...
Johnny Loker
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Louie Mott
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Harry Dobey - Editor (uncredited)
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Charles Earnshaw (uncredited)
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Clifton Staley (uncredited)
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Simmons, Detective (uncredited)
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Gil Flagg (uncredited)
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Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Guy Kingsford ...
Kingsford - Detective (uncredited)
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Gangster (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Casino Patron (uncredited)
George A. Smathers ...
Senator George A. Smithers (uncredited)
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Stripper (uncredited)
William Woodson ...
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Fred F. Sears

Written by

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Robert E. Kent ... (story)
 
Robert E. Kent ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Sam Katzman ... producer

Cinematography by

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Henry Freulich ... director of photography

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Viola Lawrence

Art Direction by

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Paul Palmentola

Set Decoration by

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Sidney Clifford

Makeup Department

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Hazel Keats ... hair stylist
Ray Sebastian ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Herbert B. Leonard ... unit manager (as Herbert Leonard)

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Charles S. Gould ... assistant director
Leonard Katzman ... assistant director

Art Department

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Ernest Graber ... props
Wesley Morton ... props
Robert Pearl ... lead man

Sound Department

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Rookie Johnson ... cable man
Harold Lee ... sound recordist
Carl Miller ... mikeman
J.S. Westmoreland ... sound engineer (as Josh Westmoreland)

Special Effects by

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Jack Erickson ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Al Becker ... grip
Charles Franklin ... grip
James Goss ... camera operator
Bill Jolley ... assistant camera
Homer Van Pelt ... still photographer
Seldon White ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jack Angel ... wardrobe
Patrick Cummings ... wardrobe
Jane Speaks ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Mischa Bakaleinikoff ... musical director / composer: stock music (uncredited)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Sidney Cutner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
George Duning ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
W. Franke Harling ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Fred Karger ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Florence Swan ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Jack Erickson ... production assistant
David Katzman ... production assistant
Esther Sproh ... production assistant
Larry Stewart ... dialogue director

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

When Miami, Florida became national headquarters for a ten billion dollar crime syndicate ruled by crime-czar Tomy Brill (Luther Adler), whose chief henchman is Ted Delacorte (John Baer), a citizen's committee enlists the aid of a reformed gangster Mick Flagg (Barry Sullivan), a widower with a ten-year-old son, pretends to move in on Brill's rackets. Brill's henchmen beat up a woman,Holly Abbott (Beverly Garland), whom Flagg has befriended to get the dope on Flagg's plans, he orders the police to raid the syndicate's gambling-club. Brill counters by having Flagg's son, Gil Flagg (David Kasday), kidnapped. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines HOW GANG RULE WAS SMASHED IN MIAMI! (original poster-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Secretos de Miami (United States, Spanish title)
  • Meurtres sur commande (France)
  • Απόκρυφα στο Μαϊάμι (Greece)
  • Cezanı çekeceksin (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • A Vingança do Gangster (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 75 min
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Trivia Even though this was filmed while the Motion Picture Production Code (colloquially referred to as the Hays Code) was still being enforced, the filmmakers were able to push back on some of the limits, evidence that the Code was weakening in the 1950s. This film fairly graphically shows two men after being shot dead, shows a woman who had been badly beaten, and talks openly about prostitution and underage prostitution. The filmmakers most likely argued these "shocking" scenes would reiterate the pro-law-and-order message. See more »
Goofs Mick Flagg obviously pulls his punches in several shots. See more »
Quotes [first lines]
[as a montage starts, a voice can be heard narrating]
Narrator: In the years following World War II, organized crime in the United States grew to such proportions that it's scope was greater than the law enforcement agencies that tried to fight it.
[a shot of the U.S. Capitol Building can be seen]
Narrator: Finally, in the nation's capitol, the Senate Investigating Committee presented a new threat to gangland, and panic began to grip the overlords of crime.
[a montage of Miami can be seen playing]
Narrator: They sought a new central headquarters for their operation. The city where they felt they could be safe. They chose the Miami area, a vacation wonderland, a Mecca for tourists, who swelled the normal population of 600,000, to more than 2 million in the winter season. A city where the tough, honest police force was inadequate in size to protect the tremendous overflow of people. Then, out of sheer necessity, a way was found to crush crime in Miami. As Senator George Smathers, of the State of Florida relates...
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