Hoodlum Empire
Crime
"Nicky -- you think your bigger than the whole world."
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
1952-04-15
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Cast
Director
Joseph Kane
Brian Donlevy as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Claire Trevor as Connie Williams
Forrest Tucker as Charles A. 'Charley' Pignatalli
Vera Ralston as Marte 'Marty' Dufour Gray
Luther Adler as Nicholas 'Nick' Mancani
John Russell as Joe Gray
Gene Lockhart as Sen. Tower
Grant Withers as Rev. Simon Andrews
Richard Jaeckel as Ted Dawson
Roy Roberts as Police Chief
Whit Bissell as Pickpocket
Don Beddoe as Sen. Blake
Francis Pierlot as Uncle Jean
Taylor Holmes as Benjamin Lawton
Roy Barcroft as Morris Draper
William Murphy as Pete Dailey
Richard Benedict as Silky Tanner
Mikel Conrad as Chunce
Thomas Browne Henry as Commissioner Mermant
Douglas Kennedy as Brinkley
Richard Reeves as Rollins
William Schallert as Inquiry Clerk
Sid Tomack as Meyers
Charles Trowbridge as Commissioner Garrison
Phillip Pine as Louis Barretti