Chicago Confidential
Chicago Confidential | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Sidney Salkow |
Produced by |
Edward Small (executive) Robert E. Kent |
Written by | Bernard Gordon |
Based on |
the novel Chicago: Confidential! by Jack Lait Lee Mortimer |
Starring |
Brian Keith Beverly Garland Dick Foran |
Music by | Emil Newman |
Cinematography | Kenneth Peach |
Edited by | Grant Whytock |
Production company |
Peerless Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Chicago Confidential is a 1957 film directed by Sidney Salkow, starring Brian Keith, Beverly Garland and Dick Foran. It is based on the 1950 novel Chicago: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.[1]
Chicago Confidential was the first film produced for Edward Small by Robert E. Kent, who had been a writer and story supervisor at Columbia. Small and Kent went on to make many movies together.[2]
Synopsis
A union official named Blane is framed for the murder of another union official. The crime syndicate actually responsible for the crime is free to continue its activities. District Attorney Jim Fremont begins to suspect that Blane has been set up, launching a new investigation.
Cast
- Brian Keith as District Attorney Jim Fremont
- Beverly Garland as Laura Barton
- Dick Foran as Arthur "Artie" Blane
- Douglas Kennedy as Ken Harrison
- Paul Langton as Police Capt. Jake Parker
- Elisha Cook, Jr. as Candymouth Duggan
- Gavin Gordon as Alan Dixon
- Beverly Tyler as Sylvia Clarkson
- Buddy Lewis as Kerry Jordan
- Anthony George as Duncan
See also
References
- ↑ Article on film at Turner Classic Movies accessed 19 May 2013
- ↑ Warners Buys No. 1 Seller, 'Nun's Story'; Satire Will Be Staged Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 01 Nov 1956: C15.
External links
- Chicago Confidential at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Chicago Confidential at the Internet Movie Database
- Chicago Confidential at AllMovie
- Chicago Confidential at TCMDB
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