Hamilton Burger (William Talman) a cop and Lt. Tragg IRay Collins) a DA? And Cannon (William Conrad) to boot! I recognized man of the cast. Robert Ryan I recognized from The Longest Day Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Blackrock, and lots of other things. And I can never say enough about Robert Mitchem. What a great cast.
A hood that thinks he runs the town associates with a national crime syndicate. There is some friction between the two. Plus they're trying to throw an election. But two honest cops (Mitchem and Talman) try to thwart their efforts. Bought politicians, dirty cops, a night club singer.....it has nearly everything.
And to top it off, I used to have an old Nash just like the police cars used in this movie! It was huge (17 feet long) and looked like an upside bathtub. But it was roomy and rode good. I got a lot of looks in it, for sure. Those were the days. I wish fedoras would come back in style. I guess I was just born twenty years too late. I really don't know why they have such a high number for characters in a movie review. I think I covered it in the first two paragraphs. I didn't want to give anything away. But there is an explosion and several killings. Now that I think about it, Jack Webb would have fit right in, in this movie. He could have given a lecture to the thugs about honest cops and protecting the public and stuff.
But Tragg sure seemed wimpy in this movie. But Burger sure played his role well. I really didn't care to see Ryan in this role. He makes a better good guy than a bad guy.. Of course that's just my opinion and your mileage may vary. I can't believe I still haven't typed enough characters for this movie review. So I'll just keep on typing until the red letters go away. This will probably get canned, but I just wanted to say what a great movie it was. I can't believe I haven't seen it before. I guess I'll just have to binge Robert Mitchem movies.
Still haven't reached 600 characters. Sheesh!;' If you've read this far, I don't know what to tell you except watch the movie! You won't regret it. I like that style of movie. They convey violence but don't show brains splattered out everywhere or blood and gore gratuitously like they do today. Not full of vulgarity and profanity and f-bombs every other word. They knew how to make good movies back then. I hardly ever watch a new movie unless it's more about substance than profanity.
OK I finally met the character limit. Let's see if this gets through! :)
A hood that thinks he runs the town associates with a national crime syndicate. There is some friction between the two. Plus they're trying to throw an election. But two honest cops (Mitchem and Talman) try to thwart their efforts. Bought politicians, dirty cops, a night club singer.....it has nearly everything.
And to top it off, I used to have an old Nash just like the police cars used in this movie! It was huge (17 feet long) and looked like an upside bathtub. But it was roomy and rode good. I got a lot of looks in it, for sure. Those were the days. I wish fedoras would come back in style. I guess I was just born twenty years too late. I really don't know why they have such a high number for characters in a movie review. I think I covered it in the first two paragraphs. I didn't want to give anything away. But there is an explosion and several killings. Now that I think about it, Jack Webb would have fit right in, in this movie. He could have given a lecture to the thugs about honest cops and protecting the public and stuff.
But Tragg sure seemed wimpy in this movie. But Burger sure played his role well. I really didn't care to see Ryan in this role. He makes a better good guy than a bad guy.. Of course that's just my opinion and your mileage may vary. I can't believe I still haven't typed enough characters for this movie review. So I'll just keep on typing until the red letters go away. This will probably get canned, but I just wanted to say what a great movie it was. I can't believe I haven't seen it before. I guess I'll just have to binge Robert Mitchem movies.
Still haven't reached 600 characters. Sheesh!;' If you've read this far, I don't know what to tell you except watch the movie! You won't regret it. I like that style of movie. They convey violence but don't show brains splattered out everywhere or blood and gore gratuitously like they do today. Not full of vulgarity and profanity and f-bombs every other word. They knew how to make good movies back then. I hardly ever watch a new movie unless it's more about substance than profanity.
OK I finally met the character limit. Let's see if this gets through! :)