
Deadline - U.S.A.(1952)
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.


“From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.”
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Victor Mature
Lt. Candella

Richard Conte
Martin Rome

Fred Clark
Lt Collins

Shelley Winters
Brenda Martingale

Betty Garde
Miss Pruett

Berry Kroeger
W. A. Niles

Tommy Cook
Tony Rome

Debra Paget
Teena Riconti

Hope Emerson
Rose Given

Roland Winters
Ledbetter
Cry of the City is a crime, drama film released in 1948 exploring themes of new york city, gangster, crooked lawyer, film noir. Directed by Robert Siodmak, it stars Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark. Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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