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词条 The Case Against Brooklyn
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Case Against Brooklyn
| image_size =
| image = The Case Against Brooklyn FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Original film poster
| director = Paul Wendkos
| producer = Charles H. Schneer
| writer = Ed Reid (book)
| screenplay = Bernard Gordon
(as Raymond T. Marcus)
Daniel B. Ullman
| story = Daniel B. Ullman
| narrator =
| starring = Darren McGavin
Margaret Hayes
| cinematography = Fred Jackman, Jr.
| editing = Edwin H. Bryant
| studio = Morningside Productions
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{film date|1958|06||}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}

The Case Against Brooklyn is a 1958 film noir crime film directed by Paul Wendkos. It stars Darren McGavin and Margaret Hayes.[1] It was based on a True Magazine article I Broke the Brooklyn Graft Scandal by crime reporter Ed Reid. It featured depictions of American police corruption though no police officer in uniform is shown to be corrupt.

Plot

In an attempt to combat police corruption, newly graduated rookie cops are recruited to serve undercover to find information on a complex illegal betting network in Brooklyn. One of these officers, ex-Marine Pete Harris, formerly with Military Intelligence in Japan, is tasked to make the acquaintance of a woman whose husband was recently murdered by the mob over gambling debts.

Cast

  • Darren McGavin as Pete Harris
  • Margaret Hayes as Lil Polombo née Alexander (as Maggie Hayes)
  • Warren Stevens as Rudi Franklin
  • Peggy McCay as Mrs. Jane Harris
  • Tol Avery as Dist. Atty. Michael W. Norris
  • Emile Meyer as Police Capt. T.W. Wills
  • Nestor Paiva as Finell
  • Brian G. Hutton as Jess Johnson (as Brian Hutton)
  • Robert Osterloh as Det. Sgt. Bonney
  • Joe Turkel as Henchman Monte
  • Bobby Helms as Himself - Vocalist

References

  • {{citation | last1=Park | first1=William| title=What is Film Noir? | chapter=Appendix A:Within the Genre|year=2011| publisher=Bucknell University Press| ISBN= 978-1-6114-8363-5 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=W4RQSvoBwGkC&pg=PA102 }}
1. ^http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-case-against-brooklyn-86768

External links

  • {{IMDb title|id=0051456|title=The Case Against Brooklyn}}
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8 : 1958 films|Columbia Pictures films|1950s crime films|American films|American black-and-white films|Films set in 1951|Films directed by Paul Wendkos|Film noir

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