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The Underworld Story is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva and Michael O'Shea. Da Silva plays the loud-mouthed gangster Carl Durham, one of his last roles before becoming blacklisted .
The Underworld Story: Directed by Cy Endfield. With Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva. The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Cy Endfield
- 1950-07-26
Mike Reese, yellow journalist and antihero, prints a story that leads to a gang killing, and is blacklisted from the city papers under suspicion of ties with racketeer Carl Durham.
Tabloid journalist Mike Reese (Dan Duryea) is fired from his job when a story he runs is blamed for a gangland assassination on the steps of City Hall. With his credibility on the wane in the...
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- Charles De Latour
- Crime, Drama
- Dan Duryea
At dawn, gangsters drive up to the steps of the Hall of Justice and open fire, killing underworld figure Turk Meyers and injuring district attorney Ralph Munsey.
The Underworld Story (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Directed by Cy Endfield. Fighting Reporter Exposes Corruption. A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
