Cry Chicago

Cry Chicago (1969)

¡Viva América!

Two brothers reunite in this story of gangland Chicago during the era of prohibition. Their syndicate becomes successful but can they survive the competition?

Date of release
1969-09-21
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Javier Setó

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Spain

Cry Chicago is a 1969 Spanish-Italian crime film directed by the Catalan film director Javier Setó, starring Jeffrey Hunter in his final film appearance, Guglielmo Spoletini, Eduardo Fajardo, Víctor Israel, Pier Angeli, Margaret Lee and Gogó Rojo.

Production

Setó's movie partly is the epigon of crime film They Paid with Bullets: Chicago 1929 (1969) of Julio Diamante.

While in Spain in November 1968 to film Cry Chicago, Jeffrey Hunter was injured in an on-set explosion when a car window near him, which had been rigged to explode outward, accidentally exploded inward. Hunter sustained a serious concussion. According to Hunter's wife Emily, he "...went into shock" on the plane ride back to the United States after filming.

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