New York Confidential

New York Confidential (1955)

When these guns go off they set off the biggest screen explosion about the violence-and-vice merchants ever made public!

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.

Date of release
1955-02-15
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Russell Rouse

Casting

Interesting facts

New York Confidential is a 1955 film noir crime film directed by Russell Rouse starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft and J. Carrol Naish. Produced by Edward Small for release by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was inspired by the 1948 book New York: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.

Production

Edward Small bought the rights to the book in 1953. He assigned it to the team of Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse, who had a six-picture deal with Small. Greene and Rouse wanted George Raft and Paul Muni to star.

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