The Phenix City Story

Jul 19, 1955

1h 40m

★ 6.6

ALABAMA'S CITY OF SIN AND SHAME!

Overview

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Allied Artists Pictures

Bischoff-Diamond Corporation

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Cast

Albert L. "Pat" Patterson

John McIntire

John Patterson

Richard Kiley

Ellie Rhodes

Kathryn Grant

Rhett Tanner

Edward Andrews

Mary Jo Patterson

Lenka Peterson

Fred Gage

Biff McGuire

Ed Gage

Truman Smith

Cassie

Jean Carson

Mamie

Kathy Marlowe

Clem Wilson

John Larch

Jeb Bassett

Allen Nourse

Zeke Ward

James Edwards

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.

6.5

The Verdict

Nov 23, 1946

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

5.3

Fear in the Night

Apr 10, 1947

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.

6.5

The File on Thelma Jordon

Nov 4, 1949

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

6.0

Nightmare

Aug 20, 1956

Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.

5.9

Death at Oslo Central

Aug 30, 1990

A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen try to save her from drugs.

7.0

The Mask of Dimitrios

Jun 23, 1944

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

6.6

It Always Rains on Sunday

Nov 28, 1947

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

6.8

Obsession

Aug 3, 1949

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

5.9

Cry Vengeance

Nov 24, 1954

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.

5.5

The Clay Pigeon

Mar 3, 1949

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.

5.6

Baby Face Nelson

Dec 11, 1957

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll.

5.4

Dial 1119

Nov 3, 1950

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, he holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

5.9

New York Confidential

Feb 15, 1955

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.

6.5

Desperate

Jun 20, 1947

An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.

5.2

A Cry in the Night

Aug 17, 1956

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.

6.5

The Face Behind the Mask

Jan 16, 1941

A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

6.2

The Brothers Rico

Aug 23, 1957

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.

6.7

Two of a Kind

Jul 1, 1951

A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.

6.1

The Great Flamarion

Jan 13, 1945

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.