Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 2nd, 1955
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Republic Pictures
Cast & Crew
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Reggie Lanning
Director of Photography
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R. Dale Butts
Original Music Composer
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Tony Martinelli
Editor
City of Shadows (1955)
"The inside story of a criminal empire spawned on city streetsits laws executed in back alleys in bullets and blood"Movie
Audience Score
DirectorWilliam Witney
Plot
After several years of supporting parts Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republics City of Shadows McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son Upon reaching adulthood Mason John Baer becomes a law student with the covert and illegal help of Channing Despite his checkered past Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows Kathleen Crowley This decision ultimately spells the doom for Masons mentor Big Tim
