Party Girl

Oct 28, 1958

1h 39m

★ 6.8

You'll meet her at the roughest parties ...with the toughest guys in town!

Overview

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Euterpe Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Party Girl Trailers

Cast

Tommy Farrell

Robert Taylor

Vicki Gaye

Cyd Charisse

Rico Angelo

Lee J. Cobb

Louis Canetto

John Ireland

Jeffrey Stewart

Kent Smith

Genevieve Farrell

Claire Kelly

Cookie La Motte

Corey Allen

Danny Rimett

Lewis Charles

Lou Forbes

David Opatoshu

Joey Vulner

Kem Dibbs

Detective O'Malley

Patrick McVey

Ginger D'Amour

Barbara Lang

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