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“Fat old women with jewels who fight to keep them the same way they fight the years that make them ugly,” says the enormous, mannish masseuse named Rose played by Hope Emerson, one of many highlights of Robert Siodmak’s exceptional Cry of the City. An accomplice in a recent jewel heist who got away scot-free, Rose and her money are one of ...
Jan 31, 2015 · Directed by Robert Siodmak."The Chair for Martin Rome" by Henry Edward Helseth.Screenplay by Richard Murphy.Original Music by Alfred Newman.Cast: Victor Matu...
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Oct 8, 2013 · Robert Siodmak was a master of film noir and in Cry of the City he explores New York City settings, atmosphere, and ethnic qualities (including a scene where Richard Conte as Martin Rome calls Berry Kroeger as an attorney a thief in Italian). The score by Alfred Newman is both dramatic and lyrical.
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Full Moon Matinee presents CRY OF THE CITY (1948).Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters, Debra Paget.Martin Rome (Conte) kills a cop and is injured h...
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Dec 3, 2016 · Cry of the City. by Glenn Erickson Dec 03, 2016. Robert Siodmak’s superb noir classic pits two graduates of Little Italy against one other: a crook who can deceive relatives and seduce strangers into helping him, and the cop who wants to put him out of business. Starring the great Richard Conte, with Victor Mature in what might be his best role.
Full-fledged noirist Robert Siodmak directed this gritty crime drama, shot mostly on location in New York City, about two childhood best friends who take divergent paths: one becomes a cop; the other, a cop killer.
Synopsis. Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism.
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