Cry of the City

“From the heart of its people comes the ... cry of the city.”

6.7(71)19481h 35m

CrimeDrama

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Director

Robert Siodmak

Cast

Victor Mature

Lt. Candella

Richard Conte

Martin Rome

Fred Clark

Lt Collins

Shelley Winters

Brenda Martingale

Betty Garde

Miss Pruett

Berry Kroeger

W. A. Niles

Tommy Cook

Tony Rome

Debra Paget

Teena Riconti

Hope Emerson

Rose Given

Roland Winters

Ledbetter

Walter Baldwin

Orvy

June Storey

Miss Boone, Nurse

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

Maybe not my first choice as leading man here, but to be fair to Victor Mature he turns in one of his better efforts as officer "Candella". When low-life "Rome" (Richard Conte) finds himself lying in an hospital bed, badly bruised and being pressured by the odious lawyer "Niles" (Barry Kroeger) to admit to a robbery he didn't commit, it falls to the policemen to try to verify who did/knew what - a...