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Miami Exposé

Miami Exposé

1956Movie⏱️ 1h 13mApproved
CrimeDramaFilm-NoirThriller
6
IMDB Rating
285 votes

Miami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in F...

Director
Fred F. Sears
Writers
N/A
Stars
Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold
Language
English, Spanish
Country
United States
💬 9
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina
as Lila Hodges
Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold
as Oliver Tubbs
Michael Granger
Michael Granger
as Louis Ascot
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Eleanore Tanin
as Ann Easton
Alan Napier
Alan Napier
as Raymond Sheridan
Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter
as Det. Tim Grogan
Chris Alcaide
Chris Alcaide
as Morrie Pell
Hugh Sanders
Hugh Sanders
as Chief Charles Landon
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Barry L. Connors
as Stevie Easton

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Miami, Florida, USA
Production
Sam Katzman Productions

🏷️ Keywords

hide outfaked deathvoice over narrationshootoutwitness protection

🎯 Categories

Film NoirCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Shot in Miami
by wes-connors2009-05-23
3/10

"Police detective Lee J. Cobb (as Barton "Bob" Scott), who wants to retire in two years, fights off gangland efforts by crooked attorney Alan Napier (Ray Sheridan) and stocky partner-in-crime Edward Arnold (Oliver Tubbs), who want to turn Miami into a southeastern Las Vegas. After a fatal shooting, Mr. Cobb must protect sexy Patricia Medina (as Lila Hodges), who witnessed the killing of Cobb's police captain... It you can stand to watch "Miami Exposé" until the end, you may want to know why Cobb's fiancée, a police widow, includes son Barry Connors (as Stevie East..."

💡 Did You Know?

Lt. Scott (Lee J. Cobb) refers to the person who shot his partner as a 'gunsel'. A comment in The Maltese Falcon (1941) explains that when Dashiell Hammett wrote the novel The Maltese Falcon, he described Wilmer as a "catamite" (a young man in a sexual relationship with an older man). The publisher objected, so Hammett changed it to "gunsel," an obscure bit of street slang with the same meaning. Because so few people were familiar with the term, it snuck past the Breen Office and into the finished film. Most people who watch the movie assume "gunsel" is just another word for gunman.

📖 Synopsis

Miami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in F...