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The Phenix City Story. Released Aug 14, 1955 1h 40m Drama. List. 100% Tomatometer 8 Reviews. 75% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. Based on a sensational news story, this film looks at the...
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Brilliant social commentary film - an extraordinary view of society in 1955. Its borderline-obscene wallop is derived from its brusque brutality. Richard Kiley does a fine job as the crusading ...
claudio_carvalho 10 June 2016. In the 1940s and 1950s in Alabama, the notorious Phenix City is a town ruled by the organized crime and prostitution and gambling are the main economical activities. The police department is corrupt and the criminal Rhett Tanner (Edward Andrews) is the big boss.
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
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.
Nov 3, 2020 · In the 1950’s the small Southern town of Phenix City, Alabama was a den of sin and vice. It was nestled across the river from Columbus, Georgia and prominent army base of Ft. Benning.
According to the Motion Picture Herald Prod Digest review of The Phenix City Story, the newsreel footage of Roberts was offered to exhibitors at no extra charge, and did not have to be included when showing the picture. The film ran 87 minutes without the newsreel, and 100 minutes with it.