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W ith Party Girl, director Nicholas Ray makes a decent stab at rekindling the cordite-fragranced magic of classic 1930s gangster films such as Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931) and Scarface (1932). By the late 1950s, the censorship rules in Hollywood had relaxed a little and Ray was able to offer up a more graphic depiction of gangland violence than most American films of the '40s and '50s, although the film still feels pretty tame compared with the pre-Code era crime films of ...
Synopsis. Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
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Party Girl is a 1958 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse and Lee J. Cobb. Filmed in CinemaScope, it was the last film Charisse did for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the next-to-last film Taylor did for the studio; they were MGM's last two contract stars. Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending Chicago mobsters in court. At a party for mob boss Rico Angelo, he meets chorus girl Vicki Gaye, who accepted $100 to attend the party and ano
In »Party Girl« gehen Revue- und Gangsterfilm eine ungewöhnliche Liaison ein. Das Drehbuch von George Wells und Leo Katcher war bestenfalls Mittelmaß, doch Nicholas Ray, ein ebenso erfolgreicher wie unterschätzter Regisseur, setzte es unter der Ägide von Produzent Joe Pasternak so souverän und temporeich um, dass der Streifen künstlerisch wie kommerziell zu einem Erfolg für MGM wurde.
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Party Girl is a (1958) American film noir, directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse and Lee J. Cobb. It was the last film Taylor did under contract for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Visit the movie page for 'Party Girl' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. ... 1958. Movie Budget: $1,758,000. Movie Box Office Gross: $2,380,000 (Worldwide ...
Vicki Gaye (Cyd Charisse) is a dancer at a night club in early 1930's Chicago. A healthy cynic who still possesses some ideals, she entertains no illusions about the "invitation" (or the $100 that goes with it) that she gets to a party hosted by mob kingpin Rico Angelo (Lee J. Cobb) -- but she still won't let Angelo's head torpedo Louis Canetto ...
