Cry of the City (1948) ( The Chair for Martin Rome )

Cry of the City (1948) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Chair for Martin Rome
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Siodmak

Written By:
Henry Edward Helseth
Richard Murphy

Actors:
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
Walter Baldwin ..... Orvy
Martin Begley ..... Bartender (scenes deleted)
Vito Scotti ..... Bit role (scenes deleted)
Dan Sheridan ..... Detective (as Michael Sheridan)

Synopsis:

In New York, when the cop killer Martin Rome arrives in the hospital badly wounded, the lawyer W.A. Niles unsuccessfully tries to convince him to confess the robbery of a collection of jewels and the death of the owner. Along the night, Martin's girlfriend Teena Riconti sneaks and visits him. Later Niles threatens Martin telling that he would catch Teena to force her to assume the other crime. When Martin escapes from the hospital, Lieutenant Candella, who is an old friend of the Rome family, investigates the case and has to chase Martin.

Basically the story of two tenement-bred, Italian-American, childhood-friends who grow up with radically different views on crime, and are pitted against each other while following their chosen paths: Gangster Martin Rome is seriously wounded during a gun-battle in which he has killed a policeman, while Police Lieutenant-Detective Candella, of the homicide squad, is seeking the solution to another murder in which he suspects Rome may have been involved. Rome is taken to a prison hospital, but he escapes and murders again in an attempt to protect a girl who was innocently involved in some of his crimes. From there, the detective tries to track down Rome, and attempt to shatter the artificial illusions or hero worship on the part of Rome's younger brother.

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?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 01 September, 2020.