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j f A low-budget prequel to the antifas and proud boys of today. Portland is just the pits. If there's a moment in Portland's (or all of Oregon's) history worthy of pride, I have yet to hear it. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This is from the forgotten film noir collection, What that means I'm not sure, maybe movies very few people will watch then (1957) or now. Either way its a pretty good old black and white movie about the mob moving into Portland, OR in the fifties and putting the squeeze on taverns and their pin ball machines. You heard me right collecting 50 - 50 off of the take on pin ball machines/ And this was before pinball machines had flippers and only cost a dime. only one I recognized in the movie was Frank Goshin who used to play the riddler on the Batman series. Still it was enjoyable for a Black & White and was the 1st part in a double feature, second film to be reviewed later. This one 3 1/2 stars. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A local noir! I saw this on the library shelf and had to give it a shot. You don't really get to see a lot of Portland, but there were a couple of familiar sights. It's about a tavern owner being squeezed by the local mob, who also traffic in gambling, prostitution, and taking over the local unions. Your standard "infiltrating the organization" noir, a la Loan Shark and the like. There's not a whole lot of finesse to this cheapie flick, the performances are pretty flat and the dialogue is nothing special, but it's got an intriguing layer of sleaze over it, including Frank "The Riddler" Gorshin as a creepy, leering pedo. There's a couple of other interesting touches (the acid, throwing Gorshin under a train) but mostly it's rather formulaic and forgettable. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A really good movie. There is some great film of Portland in the Fifties. I with Gorshin was in the whole movie but Carolyn Craig is pretty convincing and a good actor. I like the story and film making but things don't totally click. Still, it is a great document. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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