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    The Phenix City Story

    1955 · Docudrama · 1h 40m

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  1. Based on a sensational news story, this film looks at the murder of Albert L. Patterson (John McIntire), who hopes to win the an attorney general's job in Alabama. Phenix City is a dangerous place ...

  2. The Phenix City Story Reviews. The Phenix City Story, then should be commended for having attempted to dis- close to the wide public an undistorted image of one of the standing ills that afflict ...

  3. "The Phenix City Story" is a brutal, hard-hitting docudrama about what was once dubbed the "wickedest town in America." The film documents the events that led up to the murder by the Phenix City crime syndicate of Albert Patterson, an Alabama attorney who made a bid for the state attorney general's office as a way to clean up the vice and corruption plaguing his hometown.

  4. The Phenix City Story: Directed by Phil Karlson. With John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews. A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

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    • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
    • Phil Karlson
    • 1955-07-19
  5. The Phenix City Story is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists, written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur and starring John McIntire, Richard Kiley, and Kathryn Grant. [3] It had a triple premiere held on July 19, 1955 in Phenix City, Alabama, Columbus, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois.

  6. Nov 3, 2020 · Noirvember Review: ‘The Phenix City Story’. Every November fans of cinema celebrate one of the mediums most influential periods, the era of the film noir. This movement from the 1940’s through the 1950’s, presented audiences with edgy pulp crime flicks with a dark and moody stylization. Film noir gives moviegoers no shortage; troubled ...

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  8. Director Karlson is skillful at blending a timely story with visual verisimilitude. Fast paced, The Phenix City Story moves along with bracingly dynamic energy that befits the urgency of its situations. The picture’s first half–up to the more conventional courtroom sequences in the second–is particularly impressive in all departments.

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