Despite the efforts of frankss parents, he and pal benny get involved in a serious crime. Foremost among the dukes is frank cusack peter fernandez, who loses all opportunity to escape his grim existence. Brooklyn youth frank cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. This film missed what teenage life was like in the city slums by a country mile.
Frank ford on the main is a metropolis and the largest city of the german federal state of hesse, and its 746,878 2017 inhabitants make it the fifthlargest city in germany. City across the river 1949 cast and crew moviefone. On the river main a tributary of the rhine, it forms a continuous conurbation with the. The difference between across the river and a thousand other similar films proves roger eberts familiar rule. The macho head of an urban community center tries to reform juvenile delinquents. City across the river 1949 the movie database tmdb. City across the river 1949 dvd stephen mcnally thelma ritter. He wrote screenplays and eventually directed sevreal movies in the late 1940s and early 1950s. You know right from the very beginning that the situation is sad for the characters involved that live in the rat trap tenements of brooklyn.
Overview of city across the river, 1949, directed by maxwell shane, with stephen mcnally, thelma ritter, luis van rooten, at turner classic movies. Pivotal scene from 1949 universal movie city across the river. It is a 1949 american film noir crime film directed by maxwell shane and stars tony curtis, stephen mcnally, thelma ritter. Movie search results for city across the river allmovie. Can stan albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming fulltime crooks. Sue england, stephen mcnally, and barbara whiting in city across the river 1949. City across the river 1949 city across the river 1949.
City across the river is a 1949 american film noir crime film directed by maxwell shane and starring stephen mcnally, thelma ritter, sue england, barbara whiting, luis van rooten and jeff corey. The city across the river national gallery of canada. Malone and starring elizabeth healey and kier charles. Can you name the cities across the river and in a different state from a wellknown us city. City across the river 1949 movie letssingit lyrics.
The dukes decide not to pay the band and beat the heck of them. It was also the template for such crucial 1950s movies as blackboard jungle and rebel without a cause. View lyrics of the movie city across the river 1949 movie. According to tony curtiss memoirs some establishing shots were done there, but the cast filmed in hollywood. Early juvenile delinquent drama set in the slums of brooklyn, the film follows the exploits of the amboy dukes, a teenaged street gang. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing across the river near you. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. City across the river is a film directed by maxwell shane with stephen mcnally, thelma ritter, luis van rooten, jeff corey, year. With stephen mcnally, thelma ritter, luis van rooten, jeff corey. Can stan albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming fulltime.
Its one of the first films to deal with post war juvenile delinquency, even before west side story. It all takes place in the shade of the brooklyn bridge and purports to show how crowded tenement life leads to. City across the river movie directed by maxwell shane 1949. City across the river 1949 tony curtis, stephen mcnally. Set in the slums of brooklyn, the film follows the exploits of the amboy dukes, a teenaged street gang. A noir that is known for tony curtiss first credited screen debut, city across the river 1949 fires on all cylinders. City across the river 1949 cast and crew brooklyn police and a community counselor stephen mcnally hunt a fugitive member of the amboy dukes street gang. The city across the river the art of the photogravure. The dukes, seemingly likable deadendkids, are dangerously involved with racketeer gaggsy steens. Breakdown the complicated process of creating a photogravure.
City across the river is known for being the film that kickstarted tony curtis screen career. Stephen mcnally is great as a social worker running a club trying to keep the kids. River city is chiefly governed by the river city police dept and the river city port authority, though the pmc oceans army is also fairly active in peacekeeping in the area. City across the river 1949 dvd stephen mcnally thelma. City across the river is a somewhat quaint look at brooklyn when i was only two years old. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Posted on november 15, 2019 november 16, 2019 by monstergirl posted in a letter to three wives 1949, alfred hitchcock presents, all about eve 1950, as young as you fee 1952, bette davis, birdman of alcatraz 1962, burt lancaster, city across the river 1950, darling 1963, doris day, ill get by 1951, jimmy stewart, miracle on 34th street 1949.
City across the river 1949 full film download 1080p. City across the river 1949 directed by maxwell shane. The screenplay is based on the novel the amboy dukes by irving shulman the film is notable as the credited screen debut of tony curtis billed onscreen as anthony curtis. Maxwell shane perhaps hollywoods earliest treatment of urban youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, with the amboy dukes a young tony curtis, mickey knox, richard jaeckel, al ramsen and joshua kelley pitted against a castagainsttype stephen mcnally as a crusading communitycenter. The new york times obituary for city across the rivers writerdirector maxwell shane described his scripts as forgettable timefillers.
Home crime city across the river 1949 dvd stephen mcnally thelma ritter. Learn more about the famous and notsofamous photographers and scientists that have played a significant role in the discovery and evolution of the art. Shane 1905 1983 first studied law, then became a journalist and went to hollywood as a publicist. City across the river 1949 brooklyn police and a community counselor stephen mcnally hunt a fugitive member of the amboy dukes street gang. Alfred stieglitz, the city across the river, 1910, printed october 1911, photogravure, 19.
This slightly bowdlerized version of irving shulman s the amboy dukes was used by universalinternational to showcase several of its new male contractees. Cool teen dance scene with a boogie woogie band playing. Marco contrada is the only major character, and he never interacts with any of the other characters. Across the river is a british drama film directed by warren b. City across the river 1949 brooklyn youth frank cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night.
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