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- Based on actual events, The Phenix City Story tells the tale of a wide-open "Sin City" in Alabama where gambling, prostitution, and any number of other vices were tolerated openly by the law, most of it centered on the main downtown drag, 14th Street, thanks to the 50-year influence of organized crime on the local government.
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The film depicts the real-life 1954 assassination of Albert Patterson, who had just been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of cleaning up Phenix City, a city controlled by organized crime.
Mar 19, 2024 · The Phenix City Story is a crime film based on the assassination of Alabama politician and attorney Albert Patterson in June 1954 in Phenix City, Russell County. The film, which takes a number of liberties with the actual events and characters, opened on July 19, 1955, with simultaneous premieres in Phenix City, Columbus, Georgia, and Chicago ...
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.
- (3.3K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Phil Karlson
- 1955-07-19
May 23, 2022 · The film depicts the real-life 1954 assassination of Albert Patterson, who had just been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of cleaning up Phenix City, a city controlled by organized crime.
- 100 min
The Phenix City Story (1955) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town. Cast & Crew. Read More. Phil Karlson. Director. John Mcintire. Albert [L. "Pat"] Patterson. Richard Kiley.
- Phil Karlson, Maurice Vaccarino
- John Mcintire
Phenix City, Alabama, was called “the wickedest city in America,” notorious for the gambling and prostitution rackets owned by its crime syndicate, and Karlson’s film dramatizes the real story of lawyer and DA candidate Al Patterson (John McIntire) and his son John (Richard Kiley), a military attorney recently returned from Germany, as ...
THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955, Phil Karlson) Near-documentary treatment — based on fact and filmed on the real locations — of lawyer Richard Kiley’s return to clean up his crime- ridden hometown of Phenix, Alabama.
