The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 84% of the 160 1950s crime movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
145 audience votes
Key crew
- Abraham PolonskyDirector
- Ira WolfertScreenplay
- Abraham PolonskyScreenplay
Cast
- John GarfieldJoe Morse
- Thomas GomezLeo Morse
- Marie WindsorEdna Tucker
- Howland ChamberlainFreddie Bauer
- Roy RobertsBen Tucker
- Paul FixBill Ficco
- Stanley PragerWally
- Barry KelleyDetective Egan
- Paul McVeyHobe Wheelock
- Beatrice PearsonDoris Lowry
- Arthur O'ConnellLink Hall (uncredited)
- Georgia BackusSylvia Morse (uncredited)
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