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Cry of the City

From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.

6.7(77)19481h 35m3

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. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

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Released
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • gangster
  • crooked lawyer
  • film noir

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR29 Sept 1948
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical12Fox Home mj.gov.br27 May 2005
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1612 Jul 1950
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD, Blu ray22 Aug 2016

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Cry of the City was released on 29 September 1948.

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    CinemaSerf

    5/22/2023

    7/10

    Maybe not my first choice as leading man here, but to be fair to Victor Mature he turns in one of his better efforts as officer "Candella". When low-life "Rome" (Richard Conte) finds himself lying in an hospital bed, badly bruised and being pressured by the odious lawyer "Niles" (Barry Kroeger) to admit to a robbery he didn't commit, it falls to the policemen to try to verify who did/knew what - and soon we discover …

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