New York Confidential

Feb 15, 1955

1h 27m

★ 5.9

When these guns go off they set off the biggest screen explosion about the violence-and-vice merchants ever made public!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Edward Small Productions

New York Confidential Trailers

Cast

Charlie Lupo

Broderick Crawford

Nick Magellan

Richard Conte

Iris Palmer

Marilyn Maxwell

Kathy Lupo

Anne Bancroft

Ben Dagajanian

J. Carrol Naish

Johnny Achilles

Onslow Stevens

Robert Frawley

Barry Kelley

Arnie Wendler

Mike Mazurki

Mama Lupo

Celia Lovsky

James Marshall

Herbert Heyes

Morris Franklin

Steven Geray

Whitey

William Phillips

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6.7

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7.3

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