Hoodlum Empire
1952 film by Joseph Kane
- April 15, 1952 (1952-04-15) (United States)
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Hoodlum Empire is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell.[1] It was inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings dealing with organized crime.[2]
Plot
Former gangster Joe Gray (Russell) who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life. When he is called before a grand jury to testify against organized crime activities, his former mobster colleagues prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't.
Cast
- Brian Donlevy as Senator Bill Stephens
- Claire Trevor as Connie Williams
- Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli
- Vera Ralston as Marte Dufour
- Luther Adler as Nick Mancani
- John Russell as Joe Gray
- Gene Lockhart as Senator Tower
- Grant Withers as Rev. Simon Andrews
- Taylor Holmes as Benjamin Lawton
- Roy Barcroft as Louis Draper
- William Murphy as Pete Dailey
- Richard Jaeckel as Ted Dawson
- Don Beddoe as Senator Blake
- Roy Roberts as Chief Thales
- Richard Benedict as Tanner
- Phillip Pine as Louis "Louie" Barretti
- Damian O'Flynn as Ralph Foster
- Pat Flaherty as Mikkelson
References
- ^ Hoodlum Empire at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ Dickos, Andrew (2002). Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir. The University Press of Kentucky. p. 204. ISBN 978-0813122434.
External links
- Hoodlum Empire at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Hoodlum Empire at IMDb
- Hoodlum Empire at AllMovie
- Hoodlum Empire at the TCM Movie Database
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Films directed by Joseph Kane
- In Old Santa Fe (1934)
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
- The Headline Woman (1935)
- Melody Trail (1935)
- The Lawless Nineties (1936)
- King of the Pecos (1936)
- The Lonely Trail (1936)
- Guns and Guitars (1936)
- Oh, Susanna! (1936)
- Ride Ranger Ride (1936)
- The Old Corral (1936)
- Undersea Kingdom (1936)
- Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
- Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
- Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
- Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
- Boots and Saddles (1937)
- Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
- Heart of the Rockies (1937)
- The Old Barn Dance (1938)
- Born to Be Wild (1938)
- Arson Gang Busters (1938)
- Under Western Stars (1938)
- Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
- Man from Music Mountain (1938)
- Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938)
- Days of Jesse James (1939)
- Colorado (1940)
- The Border Legion (1940)
- Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
- Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
- Nevada City (1941)
- Rags to Riches (1941)
- Jesse James at Bay (1941)
- South of Santa Fe (1942)
- Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
- Romance on the Range (1942)
- The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
- King of the Cowboys (1943)
- The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
- In Old Sacramento (1946)
- Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
- Old Los Angeles (1948)
- The Gallant Legion (1948)
- The Plunderers (1948)
- The Last Bandit (1949)
- Brimstone (1949)
- Rock Island Trail (1950)
- The Savage Horde (1950)
- California Passage (1950)
- Oh! Susanna (1951)
- Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
- The Sea Hornet (1951)
- Hoodlum Empire (1952)
- Woman of the North Country (1952)
- Ride the Man Down (1952)
- San Antone (1953)
- Jubilee Trail (1954)
- Hell's Outpost (1954)
- The Road to Denver (1955)
- The Vanishing American (1955)
- Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
- Spoilers of the Forest (1957)
- The Lawless Eighties (1957)
- The Last Stagecoach West (1957)
- The Crooked Circle (1957)
- Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
- The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)
- The Man Who Died Twice (1958)
- Track of Thunder (1967)
- Smoke in the Wind (1975)
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