
Mean Streets(1973)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.


“The screen puts on brass knuckles and a bulletproof vest to tell the Dutch Schultz story all the way!”
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.

Vic Morrow
Dutch Schultz

Leslie Parrish
Iris Murphy

Peter Breck
Frank Brennan

Robert McQueeney
Michael Ferris

Ken Lynch
Anthony Parazzo
Stephen Roberts
Guthrie

Joseph Gallison
Vincent Coll

Ray Danton
'Legs' Diamond

Larry J. Blake
John Murphy

Anthony Eisley
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Portrait of a Mobster is a drama, crime film released in 1961 exploring themes of gangster. Directed by Joseph Pevney, it stars Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck. A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
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