Portland Exposé (1957)
THE PICTURE THEY TRIED TO STOP! Hotter than "Phenix City"!
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.
- Date of release
- 1957-08-11
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Harold D. Schuster
Casting
- Edward Binns — George Madison
- Carolyn Craig — Ruth Madison
- Virginia Gregg — Clara Madison
- Lawrence Dobkin — Garnell
- Frank Gorshin — Joe
- Joseph Marr — Larry
- Rusty Lane — Tom Carmody
- Richard Bellis — Jimmy Madison
- Lea Penman — Mrs. Stoneway
- Jeanne Carmen — Iris
- Joe Flynn — Ted Carl (uncredited)
- Russ Conway — Phil Jackman
Interesting facts
Portland Exposé is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns and Carolyn Craig. The plot follows a tavern owner in Portland, Oregon who is involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting to control the unions. The film was inspired by crime boss Jim Elkins and the McClellan Committee's investigation into Portland's underground criminal ventures in the 1940s and 1950s, which were the subject of an extensive article published in Life magazine in March 1957.
Production
Filming of Portland Exposé took place in Portland and Gresham, Oregon.
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