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Cry of the City: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters. Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Robert Siodmak
- 1948-10-11
United States. Language. English. Cry of the City is a 1948 American film noir starring Victor Mature, Richard Conte, and Shelley Winters. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it is based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth, The Chair for Martin Rome. The screenwriter Ben Hecht worked on the film's script, but is not credited.
- 20th Century Fox
- Sol C. Siegel
Martin Rome (Richard Conte) is a cop killer and jewel thief who escapes from prison, with two police detectives, Candella (Victor Mature) and Collins (Fred Clark), hot on his trail. Not only is...
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- Victor Mature
- Robert Siodmak
- Crime, Drama
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Cry of the City (1948), starring Victor Mature as Lt. Candella, an Italian-American police detective in pursuit of small-time gangster and cop killer Martin Rome (Richard Conte), was made for 20th Century Fox.
Jun 10, 2020 · Cry of the City is a 1948 black-and-white Film Noir directed by Robert Siodmak, based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth, The Chair for Martin Rome. The screenwriter Ben Hecht worked on the film's script, but is not credited. The film was partly shot on location in New York City and stars Richard Conte, Shelley Winters and Victor Mature
Summaries. Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome. 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.