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City of Shadows

City of Shadows

1955Movie⏱️ 1h 10mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirRomance
5.6
IMDB Rating
144 votes

12-year-old Danny meets up with Big Tim. a hoodlum wannabe running slot machines. 10 years later, Big Tim is a mob kingpin and Danny is his consiglieri, although still in law school-but first love interferes with his budding mob c...

Director
William Witney
Writers
N/A
Stars
Victor McLaglen, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley
Release Date
June 2, 1955
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
as Big Tim Channing
John Baer
John Baer
as Dan Mason
Kathleen Crowley
Kathleen Crowley
as Fern Fellows
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
as Tony Finetti
June Vincent
June Vincent
as Linda Fairaday
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves
as Angelo Di Bruno
Paul Maxey
Paul Maxey
as Davis, Disbarred Lawyer
Frank Ferguson
Frank Ferguson
as District Attorney Hunt
Richard Travis
Richard Travis
as Phil Jergins
Kay E. Kuter
Kay E. Kuter
as Bartender Kink

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Republic Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

smart aleckgood bad boyslot machineslugwoman slaps a man

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Rushed Yet Effective G-MEN-ish Potboiler
by TheFearmakers2025-07-04
7/10

"Basically a reworking of the James Cagney early-1930's crime vehicle G-MEN in which he's funded by a mentoring, business-minded old gangster to become a lawyer in the big guy's pocket... In the Cagney flick, he chooses to work for the FBI instead... and here youngster-turned-twenty-something Jack Baer gets in a relationship with full-lipped b-movie beauty Kathleen Crowley, both seeing the shady errors in endearing crime-boss Victor McLaglen's ways, far too soon... With greedy henchman Anthony Caruso backed by muscular goon Richard Reeves, the misleadingly titled CITY OF S..."

📖 Synopsis

12-year-old Danny meets up with Big Tim. a hoodlum wannabe running slot machines. 10 years later, Big Tim is a mob kingpin and Danny is his consiglieri, although still in law school-but first love interferes with his budding mob c...