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Chicago Confidential (1957)

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Chicago Confidential may not have been the best of the late-1950s "expose" films, but it certainly boasted one of the most impressive casts. Based on the factual best-seller by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, the film stars Brian Keith as a State Attorney who vows to bring corrupt Chicago union officials to justice. It turns out that the union crooks are in cahoots with a gambling syndicate, conspiring to frame uncooperative union leader Dick Foran for murder. With the considerable assistance of his

Unrated, 1 hr. 13 min.

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Directed By: Sidney Salkow

Cast

Brian Keith
Jim Fremont
Beverly Garland
Laura
Dick Foran
Blane
Beverly Tyler
Sylvia
Elisha Cook Jr.
Candymouth
Paul Langton
Jake Parker
Douglas Kennedy
Harrison
Gavin Gordon
Dixon
Jack Lambert
Smitty
John Morley
Partos
Benny Burt
Hallop
Mark Scott
Evans
Henry Rowland
Milt
George Cisar
Tomkins
John Indrisano
Heavy
John Pelletti
Fingerprint Man
Joe McGuinn
Dispatcher
Asa Maynor
Betty
Sharon Lee
Chorus Girl
Phyllis Coates
Helen
Nancy Marlowe
"B" girl
Harlan Warde
Traynor
John Hamilton
Morgan
Jack Kenney
Martin
Joey Ray
Customer
Ralph Volkie
Mitch
Jack Carr
Waiter
Carl Princi
Narrator
Helen Jay
"B" Girl
Charles Meredith
Charing
Keith Byron
TV Announcer
Jim Bannon
Pilot
Myron Cook
Fingerprint Man
Dennis Moore
Jury Foreman
Thomas Brown Henry
Judge
Frank Marlowe
Patron
Linda Brent
"B" girl
Buddy Lewis
Jordan
Jean Dean
Marion
Anthony George
Duncan

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Director Sidney Salkow takes the script through its paces dutifully but unmemorably.

October 22, 2011 Full Review Source: Parallax View

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Sean Axmaker

Parallax View

The fine cast keeps this muddled melodrama suspenseful despite its predictability.

March 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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