Cry of the City
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
- director
- Robert Siodmak
- cast
- Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters
- runtime
- 1 hr 35 mins
people also liked
The Lady from Shanghai
The Killers
Nobody Knows
Antares
The Tiger of Eschnapur
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
A Scandal in Paris
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
I Walk Alone
Joker
Parasite
One Shot
A Quiet Place: Day One
Top Gun: Maverick
The Shawshank Redemption
Bullet Train
The Godfather
Society of the Snow
BlacKkKlansman
Knives Out
