New York Confidential

New York Confidential

About

Crawford and Conte do fine work in this seedy noir (which later inspired a TV series) about a crime lord who promotes one of his finest employees to the top of the syndicate, only for the move to backfire when the latter is called to rub out his boss.

Cast & Connections

Actor: Marilyn Maxwell, Broderick Crawford, Anne Bancroft, Onslow Stevens, Richard Conte, J Carrol Naish
Director: Russell Rouse
Writer: Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
Producer: Edward Small, Clarence Greene
Photographer: Eddie Fitzgerald

In a nutshell

One of those movies that feels unashamedly grimy and boasts no redeeming characters, it's enjoyably nasty fun, though it's impossible to feel for anyone.

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