The Enforcer

1951, Crime/Drama, 1h 27m

9 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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For as long as crime boss Albert Mendoza (Everett Sloane) has been running a notorious ring of hired hit men, District Attorney Martin Ferguson (Humphrey Bogart) has been hunting him down. But Ferguson cuts a deal with Mendoza's henchman Joe Rico (Ted De Corsia), and the mob boss is finally arrested. However, Rico dies mysteriously before he can testify against Mendoza, and Ferguson must reexamine years of potential evidence, desperately searching for something to incriminate the gangster with.
  • Genre:
    Crime, Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Bretaigne Windust
  • Producer:
    Milton Sperling
  • Release Date (Theaters):
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Cast & Crew

Humphrey Bogart
Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson
Zero Mostel
Big Babe Lazick
Ted de Corsia
Joseph Rico
Everett Sloane
Albert Mendoza
Roy Roberts
Capt. Frank Nelson
Michael Tolan
James (Duke) Malloy
King Donovan
Sgt. Whitlow
Bob Steele
Herman
Adelaide Klein
Olga Kirshen
Don Beddoe
Thomas O'Hara
Tito Vuolo
Tony Vetto
John Kellogg
Vince
Jack Lambert
Philadelphia Tom Zaca
Patricia Joiner
Teresa Davis, Angela Vetto (uncredited)
Susan Cabot
Nina Lombardo (uncredited)
Mario Siletti
Louis
Alan Foster
Shorty Schultz (uncredited)
Bretaigne Windust
Director
Milton Sperling
Producer
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Critic Reviews for The Enforcer

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Full Review… Richard Brody New Yorker Full Review… Virginia Graham The Spectator Full Review… Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Full Review… Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Full Review… Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Full Review… Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Full Review… Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Full Review… Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Full Review… Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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Audience Reviews for The Enforcer

  • Mar 11, 2009
    Minor crime caper. In his last Warners movie Bogart is excellent as always but the film is average in all other aspects
    jay n Super Reviewer
  • May 19, 2008
    stumbled across it on tv today and i thought it was a great movie was really the movie i like to watch and the storyline was good aswell geat performance by humphrey bogart and the other crew members
    Lone W Super Reviewer
  • May 19, 2008
    When a hoodlum staggers into a police station and confesses to the murder of his girlfriend, it sets in motion a chain of events which leads to D.A. Humphrey Bogart following a series of clues and bodies uncovering a group of ruthless contract killers. All the elements of film noir are in place, including gritty violence in darkened streets and tough, uncompromising characters. The structure is a little episodic, most of the story being told in flashback, and it would've benefited from giving more screen time to Bogie himself, but it's still a tautly directed and well shot minor classic of the detective genre.
    xGary X Super Reviewer
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