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River Gang: Directed by Charles David. With Gloria Jean, John Qualen, Bill Goodwin, Keefe Brasselle. Naive young Wendy (Gloria Jean) lives with her kind Uncle Bill (John Qualen), who has sheltered her from life by instilling a belief in fairy-tales and make-believe.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Charles David
- 1945-09-21
River Gang is a 1945 American crime film directed by Charles David and written by Leslie Charteris and Dwight V. Babcock. The film stars Gloria Jean, John Qualen, Bill Goodwin, Keefe Brasselle, Sheldon Leonard, Gus Schilling and Vince Barnett. The film was released on September 21, 1945, by Universal Pictures.
- Charles David
- Charles David
- September 21, 1945
- Universal Pictures
Beautiful young Wendy lives behind a pawnshop with her uncle Bill, the owner, who keeps her sheltered from the outside world. Uncle Bill also helps out a young neighborhood gang by providing them with musical instruments and space in the pawnshop to practice.
- Charles David, Mack Wright
- Gloria Jean
LaMare's Westside gang consisted of mostly members from the old Sam Catalanotte gang, a downriver gang headed by William Tocco's brother, Joseph Tocco, and Benny Vitagliano (Benny the Baker). There had been an ongoing rivalry between the Eastside and Westside gangs formed as LaMare forced his way into the Eastside gang's rackets.
- 1908; 115 years ago
- 1908–present
- Pietro Mirabile
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
River Gang (1945) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Peg-Leg is killed by the boss of the crime-ring, a face-disguised mystery man known as Raincoat. He tortures Johnny to make him reveal his knowledge of the gang's activities.
Wendy (Gloria Jean), a naive young girl, lives with her kindly Uncle Bill (John Qualen), who has sheltered her from life by instilling a belief in fairy-tales and make-believe. Everything changes when a neighborhood boy Johnny (Keefe Brasselle) and friend of Wendy is kidnapped by thugs .
