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In a corrupt Alabama town near the Army's Fort Benning, the law can do little to stop the criminal activities of Rhett Tanner, particularly in the wide-open "red-light district" area known for prostitution, taverns, and crooked gambling. Most of the police do not even try, since they are on Tanner's payroll.
Mar 19, 2024 · As the movie starts, Albert Patterson is being urged to run for public office and battle the corrupt influence of Rhett Tanner (played by Edward Andrews), the gangster who controls Phenix City's virtually lawless 14th Street.
Apr 19, 2023 · Edward Andrews played Rhett Tanner, the top local guy in the gambling and other vices. He had a jovial and charming demeanor, most of the time except when he felt threatened. He had a bunch of local informers and enforcers to help him stay on top of things.
Jun 24, 2021 · The main source of this Spotlight is The Tragedy and The Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama by Margaret Ann Barnes. She notes in her Foreword that information came from in-depth interviews with the principals and investigators, witness sworn testimony, and recordings from wire-taps.
Jan 16, 2012 · "Phenix City, Alabama, a.k.a. 'Sin City, U.S.A.," read Juliet Clark's film notes, "became nationally notorious in 1954 when the good-ol'-boy gangsters who ran the town's vice rackets conspired to murder Albert Patterson, a local lawyer who'd just been elected Alabama's attorney general.
Mar 1, 2016 · The room is packed with soldiers who cheer and jeer at a scantily clad lady doing a suggestive cabaret number, and then we meet three of our villains: the mean blonde floor-walker Cassie, the thug Clem Wilson, and the proprietor Rhett Tanner.
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Rhett Tanner, the head of the city's organized crime syndicate, deals viciously with any honest citizens who try to stop his "industry's" $100,000,000 per year profit.
