What is Cry of the City / City of Fear about?

Name: Cry of the City / City of Fear
Genre: Drama,Suspense/Thriller

CRY OF THE CITY, 1948, 20th Century-Fox, 95 min. Perhaps the most perfectly realized of all director Robert Siodmak’s films, both thematically and stylistically, CRY OF THE CITY tells the time-honored tale (based on Henry Helseth’s novel The Chair for Martin Rome) of neighborhood pals who tread divergent courses. Victor Mature becomes a lawman, Richard Conte goes crooked. The two square off all across Manhattan, with tragic results. Shot entirely on location, creating a vivid Expressionistic urban landscape that ideally suited this mythic mid-20th century tale of good and evil. CITY OF FEAR 1959, Sony Repertory, 81 min. Dir. Irving Lerner. Escaped con Vince Edwards thinks he’s stealing a cache of heroin, but he’s actually toting around enough radioactive material to destroy the parts of Los Angeles left standing at the end of KISS ME DEADLY.

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What is Cry of the City / City of Fear about?: CRY OF THE CITY, 1948, 20th Century-Fox, 95 min. Perhaps the most perfectly realized of all director Robert Siodmak’s films, both thematically and stylistically, CRY OF THE CITY tells the time-honored tale (based on Henry Helseth’s novel The Chair for Martin Rome) of neighborhood pals who tread divergent courses. Victor Mature becomes a lawman, Richard Conte goes crooked. The two square off all across Manhattan, with tragic results. Shot entirely on location, creating a vivid Expressionistic urban landscape that ideally suited this mythic mid-20th century tale of good and evil.

CITY OF FEAR 1959, Sony Repertory, 81 min. Dir. Irving Lerner. Escaped con Vince Edwards thinks he’s stealing a cache of heroin, but he’s actually toting around enough radioactive material to destroy the parts of Los Angeles left standing at the end of KISS ME DEADLY.