- Source: Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell. It was inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings dealing with organized crime.
Plot
Former gangster Joe Gray (Russell) who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life. When he is called before a grand jury to testify against organized crime activities, his former mobster colleagues prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't.
Cast
Brian Donlevy as Senator Bill Stephens
Claire Trevor as Connie Williams
Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli
Vera Ralston as Marte Dufour
Luther Adler as Nick Mancani
John Russell as Joe Gray
Gene Lockhart as Senator Tower
Grant Withers as Rev. Simon Andrews
Taylor Holmes as Benjamin Lawton
Roy Barcroft as Louis Draper
William Murphy as Pete Dailey
Richard Jaeckel as Ted Dawson
Don Beddoe as Senator Blake
Roy Roberts as Chief Thales
Richard Benedict as Tanner
Phillip Pine as Louis "Louie" Barretti
Damian O'Flynn as Ralph Foster
Pat Flaherty as Mikkelson
References
External links
Hoodlum Empire at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Hoodlum Empire at IMDb
Hoodlum Empire at AllMovie
Hoodlum Empire at the TCM Movie Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Charles Trowbridge
- Gene Lockhart
- Im Si-wan
- Charles Judels
- Angela Lansbury
- Stanley Blystone
- Hoodlum Empire
- Brian Donlevy
- John Russell (actor)
- Forrest Tucker
- Richard Jaeckel
- Roy Roberts
- Claire Trevor
- United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce
- Gene Lockhart
- Luther Adler
