Cry of the City

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Angelo C New York back in the day. Love Victor Mature, believed he was a NYPD lieutenant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/17/22 Full Review Audience Member Big buildings! How much weigh wonder Blobbo. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review paul d Robert Siodmak's Cry of the City is a great noir crime thriller and human drama. The movie manages to develop many different characters, so that we feel we know them and understand their point of view. It's set in New York's Italian immigrant community, and a great touch of realism is that many of the supporting cast are real Italians speaking genuine Italian. Victor Mature and especially Richard Conte do a fine job. They are genuine and believable and manage to pull off a morality tale without making it black and white, keeping the nuance and complexity of real people. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review s r A good film noir with a good plot, characters, acting and direction. The big woman masseuse "with the special touch wasted on fat, rich women" was my favorite part. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Another film noir gem that goes largely unnoticed by many fans of the genre. There are spectacular on-location scenes (New York), solid performances by the leads Victor Mature and Richard Conte and a storyline that treats the subject matter with depth and little notice to Hollywood tropes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Ken R Cry Of The City – Wrongly Overlooked Not knowing what to expect from this little known movie, I was continually surprised by many superbly handled sequences offering above average involvement and suspense. Victor Mature is perfect as the dedicated detective admirably seeking to bring down cunning killer Richard Conti. Here we are treated to the results that can be created when a well written story and screenplay, a superb director, and a professional director of photography, are brought together – creating a moody noir that continually turns new corners within a familiar theme. Among several scenes to stand out is one featuring Hope Emerson (‘Mother' from Peter Gunn TV) as a ruthless Masseuse, two scenes with Berry Kroeger as Niles, a sleazy Lawyer - the escape walk from a prison hospital -along with numerous location street scenes as they looked in '48. With an interesting cast, this seems to have come and gone in its day but now looks even better. Well worth a watch or tracking down a well-transferred DVD. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/10/19 Full Review Read all reviews

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