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


“What a man...He's a killer that doesn't kill”
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.

Cesar Romero
J.J. "Shep" Morrison

Virginia Gilmore
Judy Miller

Milton Berle
Frosty Welch

Charlotte Greenwood
Winnie Sage

Sheldon Leonard
Pretty Willie Williams

Stanley Clements
Detroit Harry Morrison Jr.

Frank Jenks
Puffy

Barnett Parker
Quentin

Marc Lawrence
Louie

Paul Hurst
Biff Sage
Tall, Dark and Handsome is a crime, comedy film released in 1941 exploring themes of gangster, newspaper reporter, graft. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, it stars Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Milton Berle. Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
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