La ville captive (1952)
Pourchassés par des gangsters, Jim Austin et sa femme se réfugient dans un commissariat. Jim commence alors à raconter son histoire en flash-backs : comment lui, simple petit éditeur d'un journal local, s'est retrouvé mêlé à une vaste affaire de corruption entre la police, la mafia et les bookmakers du coin. Une histoire vraie co-scénarisée par Alvin M. Josephy Jr., un journaliste du Time, et mise en image par le toujours excellent Robert Wise.
Directeur:
Robert Wise
écrivains:
Karl Kamb, Alvin M. Josephy.
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John Forsythe as James "Jim" C. Austin |
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Joan Camden as Marge Austin |
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Harold J. Kennedy as Don Carey |
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Marjorie Crossland as Mrs. Margaret Sirak |
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Victor Sutherland as Murray Sirak |
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Ray Teal as Chief Gillette |
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Martin Milner as Phil Harding |
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Geraldine Hall as Mrs. Nelson |
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Hal K. Dawson as Clyde Nelson |
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Ian Wolfe as Rev. Nash |
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Gladys Hurlbut as Linda Purcy |
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Jess Kirkpatrick as Anderson |
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Paul Newlan as Krug |
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Frances Morris as Mrs. Harding |
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Paul Brinegar as Police Sergeant |
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Patricia Goldwater as Sally Carey |
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Robert Gorell as Joe Berg |
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Glenn Judd as Coverly |
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William C. Miller as Coroner |
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Estes Kefauver as Self (uncredited) |
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Charles Regan as Gangster (uncredited) |
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Victor Romito as Fabretti (uncredited) |
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Charles Wagenheim as Phone Man (uncredited) |
| Directing | Robert Wise | Director |
| Production | Theron Warth | Producer |
| Sound | Jerome Moross | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Art | Maurice Zuberano | Production Design |
| Writing | Karl Kamb | Screenplay |
| Directing | Ivan Volkman | Assistant Director |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Emil Newman | Music Director |
| Writing | Alvin M. Josephy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alvin M. Josephy | Story |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Sound | T.A. Carman | Sound |
| Visual Effects | William Reinhold | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Emil Newman | Additional Music |